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For the third straight year, Minnesota can’t fund its need-based State Grant at the level students qualify for. The Minnesota House approved the higher education conference committee report Friday night on a 101-33 vote but the package does nothing to fix the $131 million shortfall in the State Grant program. Without new money, students face an estimated 38% across-the-board cut in awarded funds and 18,000 students lose their grants entirely heading into fall. HF4252, sponsored by Rep. Dan Wolgamott and Sen. Omar Fateh, cleared the House with bipartisan support after the conference committee signed off Friday. It now heads to the Senate…

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed while giving the University of Arizona’s commencement on Saturday — most pointedly when he turned to the topic graduates are arguably most anxious about: artificial intelligence and the job market they’re walking into.Driving The News:Schmidt, 71, delivered the keynote address at U of A’s Friday commencement.Boos intensified when he addressed AI’s impact on the workforce.Student groups had also organized opposition over a pending sexual assault lawsuit filed by his former partner, Michelle Ritter, which a Los Angeles judge sent to arbitration in March. What He Said: Schmidt acknowledged the unease in the crowd directly.…

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