One of the state’s largest (and most controversial) apartment complexes is expected to be sold. Why it matters.
For years, residents of Brooklyn Park’s Huntington Place have complained of safety issues, unfair treatment and poor living conditions.
Economy
Taprooms are tapped out. 2019 was the year of the brewpub in Minnesota
Artscape
Observing World AIDS Day; the Parkway to host a sober New Year’s Eve with HALEY
From Other Nonprofit Media
How rich people like Gordon Sondland buy their way to being U.S. ambassadors
Community Voices
A professor convicted of domestic assault resigned from his tenured position at the U — and that’s a bad thing
Second Opinion
Yoga and PT can help relieve chronic lower back pain and associated sleep problems, study finds
Community Voices
The ERA is back on the table, and the fight exposes the myth of polarization
State Government
Whose 2020 Minnesota presidential primary is it, anyway?
The parties are calling the shots when it comes to Minnesota’s 2020 presidential primary. So why is the state paying for it?
Eric Black Ink
Sondland testimony seen as critical point in impeachment inquiry
With Gordon Sondland’s testimony, the Trump defense has taken a series of major wounds and the talking heads are declaring that the House vote to impeach Donald Trump feels like a growing certainty.
New Americans
What does ‘sanctuary’ really mean? For churches, discerning the answer is a work in progress
The recent sanctuary declaration by the ELCA, the largest Lutheran denomination in the country and one of the most visible church bodies in Minnesota, has, predictably, drawn different responses.
Artscape
Bakken Museum announces renovation; ‘Black Nativity’ to open at Penumbra
ALSO: Tracy K. Smith with Talking Volumes at the Fitzgerald; cellist Juliana Soltis at the Baroque Room; and more.
Second Opinion
The case of a man who developed ‘feather duvet lung’ offers a cautionary tale, say doctors
Symptoms may not appear for weeks or even months after the initial exposure to the feather bedding, a factor that can delay diagnosis.
Community Voices
A call for climate-focused agriculture policy
We need agriculture policy solutions that are scientifically grounded and support the viability and diversity of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities by building resilience, soil health, economic justice, and profitability.
Education
Campaign to halt charter-school growth is stirring up a heated debate in St. Paul
Supporters of a moratorium say charters are siphoning students and funding from the district and furthering segregation in the schools. Opponents say district schools are failing many students.
Good Jobs
How the Legislature is trying to get young Minnesotans into high-demand jobs
Lawmakers expanded two pilot projects aimed at drawing high school and college students into fields starving for workers, from manufacturing and agriculture to health care and IT.
Community Voices
Takeaways from the new Minnesota impeachment poll
Forty-two percent of Minnesota adults have watched some or all of the hearings, but 26 percent have seen no media coverage, including 7 percent who didn’t know the hearings were under way.
