A record 17 Minnesota restaurants and chefs have been named semifinalists for the awards, the pre-eminent competition that recognizes the culinary arts. That total is one better than last year’s previous record of 16 semifinalists. Here is what some of them are saying on Twitter right now.
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Hearing will focus on background checks, avoid limits on guns and magazine sizes.

Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, said he will focus on a variety of proposals that would keep guns out of the hands of people that shouldn’t have them.

“I think most people agree that universal background checks is the first place we should start,” Latz said in a news release. “We need to focus on what we can accomplish right now to make our state safer. The outright banning of guns is a conversation that is more suited on the federal level.”

via Capitol View.