Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment shown rallying in the Capitol Rotunda on the first day of the 2022 legislative session.
Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment shown rallying in the Capitol Rotunda on the first day of the 2022 legislative session. Credit: MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan

John Croman at KARE 11 is reporting Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life is spending more than $1 million in an effort to derail the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, and keep it off the 2026 ballot.

Via Bring Me the News: Multiple students at Minnetonka High School have tested positive for pertussis, also known as whooping cough.

Greg Stanley at the Star Tribune reports two friends who hunted deer together at the same lodge contracted an extremely rare brain disease, raising fears that they may have been infected by contaminated venison.

Aleesa Kuznetsov at MPR News profiles Erik Beda, 36, who fled his home in Russia as a transgender male with his husband, Ivan, in search of safety in Minnesota.

Pauleen Le at WCCO News reports in honor of Earth Week, some University of Minnesota students will spend their Friday afternoon cleaning up St. Paul’s Lake Phalen.

Katie Galioto at the Star Tribune answers the question: what happened to all the “Peanuts” statues in St. Paul?