Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretty.

Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Bax reports that state officials received a formal notice from the FBI.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had been shut out from the outset, but the

BCA continued to seek access to evidence. Superintendent True Evans says the FBI gave word last week

that no materials would be turned over. Pready, an ICU nurse, was killed by Border Patrol agents

Minneapolis on January 24th. At least two officers fired multiple shots.

The BCA's Evans calls the lack of cooperation, quote, concerning and unprecedented.

He says state authorities will continue their own investigation into the Predy case,

as well as the fatal shooting of a second citizen, Renee Maclin Good, earlier in January. For NPR news, I'm

Brian Baxx in St. Paul. Early voting begins this week in Texas, where Republican Senator John

Cornyn is seeking the party's nomination for a fifth term in Congress. Andrew Schneider with

Houston Public Media reports. If John Cornyn wins the general election this fall, he could become one of the longest

serving senators in Texas history.

But first, he has to get past state attorney general Ken Paxton, who has led or tied

Cornyn in most polls for nearly a year, and fend off attacks from Congressman Wesley Hunt.

Unfortunately, my opponents are people who, frankly, just want to join those ranks of performance artists

who want to come to Washington, D.C., and want to become famous, get the most clicks on social media, and raise money.

But the job entails a whole lot more than that.

Most analysts expect none of the

three candidates will win an outright majority in the March 3rd primary. That would force a runoff

between the top two contenders in May. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.

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