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Politics Friday: Taking stock of Minnesota's session, campaign as May decision points near
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The Legislature will end its session this month. Lawmakers don’t have a choice; the Minnesota Constitution requires them to wrap it up. The political parties both hold late-May endorsing conventions. DFLers meet in Rochester while Republicans assemble in Duluth. There are choices in the major races — governor and U.S. Senate — but the gatherings of activists can be unpredictable. MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst and Capitol correspondent Dana Ferguson map out the session so far and where it could head next. And several immigrants in Minnesota are asking the state to pardon criminal convictions that could result in their deportation , an MPR News producer explains the situation. Then two…