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INFOGRAPHIC: Absentee voting and ballot return sites
(Maggie Stout/TommieMedia) (Maggie Stout/TommieMedia) Because of COVID-19, voters are encouraged to vote early, either in-person or by mail. Early voters can check with local election officials for...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Oct. 28, 2020
A University of Minnesota study found that NuWave, LLC’s OxyPure Air Purifier reduces porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV) concentration in the air. While recirculating air purifiers remove dust,...
View Article2020 voting push reflected at St. Paul polls this Election Day
Click to view slideshow. Voters in the community, including St. Thomas students, socially distanced at St. Thomas’ McNeely Hall and the Groveland Recreation Center in St. Paul as they voted in the 2020...
View ArticleBiden wins Minn. presidential race; national results may not come election night
Click to view slideshow. U.S. presidential race Minnesota polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and Joe Biden won Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes shortly after 11 p.m. This result solidifies Minnesota’s part...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Nov. 4, 2020
The presidency hangs in a balance Wednesday morning, as the United States awaits final election results. Tight races in battleground states, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania are proving more...
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AP: Election sets stage for more gridlock at Minnesota Capitol
John Keenan, left, and Kathie Trotta, Duluth’s 11th precinct co-head polling judges, read off the in-person ballot counts for the presidential and U.S. Senate races to an Associated Press...
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AP: Dems head toward House control, but GOP picks off seats
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters about Election Day results in races for the House of Representatives, at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington,...
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AP: Democrats losing paths to Senate control as GOP hangs on
Republican Senate candidate Sen. Mitch McConnell, second from right, and his wife, Elaine Chao, right, look on as aides show him the election results in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP...
View ArticleNews in :90- Dec. 2, 2020
Britain authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for use Wednesday, greenlighting the first shot backed up by rigorous scientific review. The first vaccinations are expected within days — a major step toward...
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Minnesotans prove they care with highest national voter turnout
Voters enter the Groveland Recreation Center to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3. In an election that was so highly publicized, Minnesotans proved their care for voting as the state had the...
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Young voter turnout declines during midterm elections
Infographic by designer Elle Jackson Youth registration rates for midterm elections have been dropping over the past 12 years, according to a Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and...
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Uninformed votes are worse than no votes
It’s a bad sign for the United States that so few citizens vote. Less than half of registered voters 18-29 voted in the last midterm election. The bleak reality of American voting habits, however,...
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St. Thomas student voting guide
Kathryn Kirk can be reached at kathryn.kirk@stthomas.edu Related NewsMinnesota GOP members react to losses, look to party’s future AP: Dems head toward House control, but struggle to gain seats AP:...
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Final Electoral College Map
Related NewsAP: Trump supporters storm US Capitol, lawmakers evacuated AP: Twin Senate runoffs in Georgia could shape Biden presidency AP: Biden narrowly wins Wisconsin; Trump to call for a recount
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AP: FCC votes along party lines to end ‘net neutrality’
FILE – In this Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, file photo, demonstrators rally in support of net neutrality outside a Verizon store in New York. The Federal Communications Commission is voting Thursday, Dec....
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Meet the 2018 Tommie Award finalists
(From left) Seniors Annie Youngblood, Tobias Knight and Ryan Foster are all finalists for the 2018 Tommie Award. Voting will take place February 6-8 via email ballot. Seniors Annie Youngblood, Ryan...
View ArticleNews in :90 – Feb. 19, 2018
The St. Paul teachers union is expected to vote on a tentative contract, and the president discusses a bipartisan bill to help improve the federal background check system for gun ownership. Director...
View ArticleOPINION: Celebrities should advocate responsibly
We all believe in something, and we are lucky to live in a country where we can stand up for ourselves and others. Any one person can make a difference, but some have more pull than others. Celebrities...
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OPINION: World leaders put voice of a generation, Greta Thunberg, on mute
Sometimes life imitates art. In the popular show “Game of Thrones,” itself a metaphor for our climate crisis, an adolescent girl uses her power to support Jon Snow in his fight against the White...
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INFOGRAPHIC: How to avoid absentee ballot mistakes
(Maggie Stout/TommieMedia) According to a recent NPR analysis, more than 550,000 ballots have been rejected in this year’s presidential primaries. While many Americans plan on voting by mail this...
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