Star Tribune’s Anthony Lonetree reports St. Paul teachers and the school district reached a tentative agreement Tuesday, avoiding a strike. “The two sides then met in mediation for nearly 40 hours over the weekend and resumed talks on Monday and Tuesday.”
Via Axios: Nick Halter writes Target will unveil unlimited same-day delivery for Target Circle members to rival programs from Amazon and Walmart. “Target says it’s part of the company’s 2024 plans for improving sales after a sluggish 2023.”
Sahan Journal in partnership with The Imprint reports the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Children’s Rights are asking the federal government to investigate Minnesota’s child welfare system, alleging “discrimination against Black children and families as “egregious and shocking.'”
South Dakota Searchlight reports a state lawmaker has been banned from the House of Representatives for placing a bottle of syrup on a lawmaker’s desk.
“Pischke placed the bottle of syrup on Rapid City Republican Rep. Kristin Conzet’s desk days after Conzet motioned to defeat a commemoration celebrating the late Nancy Green, whose likeness was used to create the Aunt Jemima advertising character, which was formerly used on syrup and other products.”
Star Tribune’s Greg Stanley reports a bill introduced in the Minnesota Legislature would return a large tract of White Earth State Forest back to the White Earth tribe.
Kare11’s Danny Spewak reports Northfield sophomore Caley Graber is the first girl to beat a boy in the state wrestling tournament.
Jay Kolls with KSTP reports the West 7th streetcar line plan is expected to cost over $2 billion while a bus rapid transit line would cost around $121 million.
