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New standards proposed by the Minnesota Department of Education would banish lessons about World War I, World War II, the Holocaust, the Civil War, the American Revolution, communism, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Replacing those significant history topics will be "systemic racism," how democracy has "excluded certain groups," an "awareness" of "the LGBTQ+ community" and how the disenfranchisement of freed blacks during Reconstruction connects to "persistent discrimination and inequity" today.

EVELETH, Minn. – Workers in a call center on Minnesota’s Iron Range don headsets each day knowing their employer’s core business: Get Democrats elected. For years, prominent Democratic candidates and political groups have used the obscure center tucked among hills and pines to canvass and raise money from small donors. DFL organizations, state and national, have paid the phone bank’s current and former owners about $80 million over the last decade, campaign records show. The call center relocated to Eveleth in 2006 thanks in part to a $625,000 loan from a unique state agency called the Iron Range Resources and...

We firmly believe the most important issue this election campaign for the Iron Range is which candidates for state and federal office will work the hardest, and without giving an inch to certain environmental special interest groups, when it comes to helping pave the way for jobs in the region. U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman has a proven six-year record of working hard in a bipartisan manner for economic development projects in the state and on the Iron Range. We have been especially pleased to see the harmonious working relationship between Minnesota political party Senate opposites Republican Coleman and Democrat Amy...

Steve Burmeister for The New York Times Zimmy’s restaurant is one of the rare places saluting Bob Dylan in Hibbing, Minn., where he grew up. HIBBING, Minn. - Nearly half a century ago, a scrawny youth whose artistic temperament and creative spirit had made him a misfit here left town to seek his fortune. Some people hope he never comes back. "If Bob Dylan came here to sing tonight, I wouldn't go," said Dennis Berklich, a fellow graduate of Hibbing High School. "Bob Dylan doesn't care about Hibbing, Minn., so why should we care about him? Besides that, I...

President Bush to address crowd at Superior Dome rally in Marquette The Associated Press 7/11/2004, 12:53 p.m. ET MARQUTTE, Mich. (AP) — President Bush plans to address a crowd during a rally at Northern Michigan University's Superior Dome as part of his Tuesday campaign swing through the Upper Peninsula. A smaller event featuring remarks by Bush had been planned for Lakeview Arena, but organizers decided to hold the rally at the Superior Dome to accommodate a larger crowd, Bush campaign spokeswoman Merrill Smith said Sunday. Bush is campaigning by bus this week in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, all states that...

Duluth becoming a hot campaign stop for presidential hopefuls The Associated Press 7/11/2004, 5:27 p.m. ET (AP) — The presence of both major presidential candidates in the Duluth area within two weeks shows the region's significance — a major media market that covers parts of three battleground states for the 2004 election. President Bush is scheduled to visit on Tuesday and Sen. John Kerry was recently in nearby Cloquet. Nothern Minnesota residents are enjoying the attention. "Prior to 2000, we tended to be a place where only vice-presidential candidates came, if anyone," said Craig Grau, political science professor at the...