The Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling, site of many immigration hearings, is where over a dozen state lawmakers gather outside tonight (Fri 7-9pm) to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Minneapolis Senator Patricia Torres Ray says most concerning is how much money has been approved to expand detention facilities at the U-S southern border. […]

Minnesota immigrant rights groups are pleased President Trump has abandoned his push for a citizenship question on the 2020 census, saying he would instead direct federal agencies to try to gather the information from existing databases. The president said he is “not backing down” and “it is essential that we have a clear breakdown of […]

Republicans are blasting the Minnesota Film and TV Board for a 267-thousand-dollar subsidy to the “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” when it aired from Minneapolis during the 2018 Super Bowl. State Representative Nolan West from Blaine says they reclassified the program from a “talk show” to “variety” so it would qualify for a state subsidy […]

“End Violence Against Black Bodies” read a protester’s sign Thursday at the scene of a north Minneapolis crash where a van driver crashed into a bus shelter, injuring six people. The Star Tribune reports demonstrators are demanding charges be filed against 83-year-old George Jensen of Champlin, who is white. The injured men are black. Civil […]

Hennepin County public health officials suspect water contamination by human feces or vomit could be the cause of an outbreak that sickened at least 116 people over the 4th of July weekend, many of whom were in the Big Island area of Lake Minnetonka. Hundreds of partygoers were wading among boats in Cruisers Cove, and […]

Partisan finger-pointing has resumed at the State Capitol after preliminary health insurance premium numbers for 2020 were released, ranging on average from a 1.4 percent drop to a 4.8 percent increase. House Deputy Minority Leader Anne Neu credits Republican-backed “reinsurance” with holding down premiums for three years running but says, “The proposals that the Democrats […]

The U-S-D-A is extending the filing deadline for crop acreage reports to July 22nd, for Minnesota ag producers affected by heavy rains and flooding. The extension applies to reporting spring-seeded crops to Farm Service Agency county offices and federal crop insurance agents. F-S-A state Executive Director Joe Martin says it will provide more flexibility for […]

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is joining his counterparts in 21 other states who argue in a Supreme Court case that federal anti-discrimination laws protect LGBTQ employees in the workplace. It’s a result of companies in New York and Michigan, and a county in Georgia firing gay or transgender employees. The coalition of states contends […]

A man and woman from Burnsville face charges after authorities seized a large quantity of heroin and cash in a July 8th raid at a residence in that south metro suburb. A judge set bail Wednesday for 35-year-old Kevin Green and 34-year-old Minnie Loyd, with next court appearances in early August. While executing a search […]

Governor Tim Walz is in southern Minnesota today (Thurs) surveying flood damage from recent heavy rains. At his first stop (9am) in Mantorville, Walz gets an update from legislators and county officials. The governor will then look at flood damage in hard-hit Oxbow Park in Byron (1015am).