Plus: Crookston police shoot a man wielding a hatchet; Minnesota Mens Gymnastics gets booted from Cooke Hall; Sean Sherman on “Top Chef”; Art-A-Whirl tips; and more.
Legislative session sure to impact how Minnesota’s hospitality industry operates
As the session wraps up, lawmakers must remember that small businesses already have a lot of challenges on their plate.
Trying to solve the ‘cruel mystery,’ lupus
Lupus can show up in many different forms and no two presentations are the same.
E-bike influx moves Minnesota cities, transit agencies to rethink parking and bus racks
Some heavier e-bikes won’t fit on the front of a bus, and e-bike owners want more secure parking.
Riverland Community College and six others selected for national program to improve student experience
From Wisconsin to North Carolina, education leaders say rural community colleges are important to the fabric of small communities.
Minnesota Legislature bans book bans
Plus: Trooper Ryan Londregan pleads innocent, trial date set; Minnesota births dropped in 2023; students protest northeastern Minnesota school’s decision to ban tribal drum group from commencement; and more.
Will Minnesota get a bonding bill in 2024? It’s all in the politics
State government borrowing requires a 60% vote, so Republican and DFL legislative leaders are working to reach an agreement in the final days of the legislative session.
Dunn Brothers adding 250 stores from Minnesota to Texas
Plus: Mary Lucia lands at Radio K; community mural in Northeast is painted over; Vikings vs. the Jets in London; about those Epoch Times billboards; and more.
One loss away from the season’s end, the Minnesota Timberwolves must solve the riddle of The Joker
In Game 5 of the NBA playoffs Nikola Jokic scored 40 points, doled out 13 assists without a turnover, grabbed seven rebounds and chipped in two steals and a block.
Problems continue to plague the Minneapolis Community Commission on Police Oversight
As of May 9, 72 complaints have been filed against officers in 2024 and 189 cases remain in queue to be reviewed.
Here’s what still could pass (but might not) in the final 5 days of the 2024 Minnesota legislative session
Low expectations were further lowered with Senate turmoil caused by the arrest of Nicole Mitchell.
DFL housing leaders call out Latz over his opposition to requiring landlords to accept housing vouchers
The provision was taken out of the larger omnibus bill on transportation, housing and labor.
Wisconsin ratepayers, still paying off the coal plants of the past, asked for $2 billion for the gas plants of the future
Consumer and environmental advocates say the state’s lack of long-range planning requirements along with utilities’ financial incentive to “build, build, build” threaten to strand customers with obsolete infrastructure.
Diversity on the bench should not only be about gender and race
An ideologically skewed state Supreme Court could use at least one member looking at cases through a different ideological spectrum.
Weekend Picks: Art-A-Whirl; The Decemberists at The Palace; A Year with Frog and Toad
Plus: History Theatre and Theater Mu’s production of “Blended 和 (Harmony): The Kim Loo Sisters”; The Awe Factor; The Little Prince; and more.
Democrats in the Legislature revive fight over community solar program
Plus: AG Keith Ellison sues home seller alleging ‘predatory and deceptive’ practices; Mystic Lake, Little Six Casinos added to federal lawsuit; and more.
Your guide to Art-A-Whirl weekend
With music, food, pop-up installations and tons and tons of art, the festival is a great way to see what Twin Cities artists are up to.
‘Blended 和 (Harmony): The Kim Loo Sisters’ at Theatre Mu
The History Theatre and Theater Mu take on a fascinating slice of history with a new musical about a jazz vocal quartet featuring a family of biracial siblings.
‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ at Children’s Theatre Company
As the scenes change, you can picture in your mind’s eye the pages of those beautiful Frog and Toad books turning.
UnitedHealthcare fined $450K over alleged mental health parity violations
Plus: Geomagnetic storms disrupt GPS systems in farming equipment; Ten Commandments display inside the Itasca County jail has been painted over; sweat lodges added to the Adult Corrections Facility in Plymouth; and more.