Plus: Legislature approves $1 million in funding to fight bird flu; Governing Mag Q&A with St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter; and more.

Plus: Senate Republicans seek to block transportation funding going to ReConnect Rondo project; how WCCO found that Prince footage; Prairie Island sends first team to Dakota language bowl; and more.

Plus: Anoka seeks legislative approval for downtown “social district”; CEO of Mounds View medical company charged with tax evasion; Twin Cities donor gives $1 million to Animal Humane Society; and more.

Plus: No part of Minnesota under severe drought; Metro Transit ends Northstar service for Twins games; Minneapolis May Day festival to return without parade; and more.

Plus: St. Paul reparations advisory committee to host community meetings; coffee shop in Minneapolis re-opening under nonprofit leadership; woman struck by vehicle of first responder after crashing her car; and more.

Plus: $14 million jury award for protesters attacked by Denver cops during George Floyd protests; MSU Mankato buildings closed by bomb threat; St. Paul man allegedly shoots, kills daughter’s boyfriend after home break in; and more.

Plus: I-94 in Maplewood closed for more than an hour due to icy conditions; St. Paul Public Schools reduces credits required for graduation; polluted northeast Minneapolis site becomes federal superfund; and more.

Plus: McCollum calls for Justice Clarence Thomas resignation; Minnesota graduation rate declines; Duluth Mayor Emily Larson’s State of the City address; and more.

Plus: Edina firm agrees to taxi-medallion debt relief after protest by cab drivers; SCOTUS to hear copyright case involving Prince image; verdict reached in trial over murder of Susan Spiller; and more.

Plus: DFL state Rep. Jen Schultz announces run for Eighth Congressional District; Minnesota to offer COVID-19 rapid tests by mail; more butcher shops opening in Minnesota; and more.

Plus: Luger confirmed as U.S. Attorney for Minnesota; Minneapolis landlord ordered to pay $1 million in state’s legal fees; Minnesota Zoo tiger dies; and more.

Plus: University of Minnesota wants $100 million from Legislature for public safety; Minneapolis Public Schools says cost of student mental-health supports sticking point in negotiations with educators unions; House members pitch Minnesota flag redesign; and more.

Plus: Marc Majors takes over DEED’s workforce development efforts; PCA expands PFAS monitoring program; General Mills launches Old El Paso restaurant; and more.

Plus: Minnesota federal courthouses lift mask mandate; U of M wants $30 million for scholarships for students at regional campuses; St. Paul man shot after interrupting catalytic converter theft; and more.

Plus: M-Health Fairview doctor says she was wrongly terminated for reporting on colleagues’ misconduct; drivers in Minneapolis killed more pedestrians in 2021 than any year since 1998; St. Olaf Museum displays collection of Nazi propaganda; and more.

Plus: ethics complaints against Frey in wake of Amir Locke killing dismissed; Bakk won’t seek re-election; Minneapolis to pay $2.4 million to man partially blinded by police during George Floyd protests; and more.