Maureen Groppe at USA TODAY is reporting the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Mike Lindell, the MyPillow founder and prominent election denier, who unsuccessfully argued his rights were violated when FBI agents seized his phone in 2022.
Declan Desmond at Bring Me the News reports former Minnesotan and current U.S. Senate candidate in Montana, Tim Sheehy, has been talking up his rural upbringing on the campaign trail, despite growing up in “a multimillion dollar lake house” in Shoreview, the Montana Free Press reported in December.
Ernesto Londoño at the New York Times examines the turbulent tenure of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty.
Dana Thiede at KARE 11 reports the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for 13 counties in the southwestern part of the state due to extreme risk of wildfires.
Nick Halter at Axios reports that while there are high hopes for turning office towers into apartments, a more bleak possibility is being discussed for a handful of distressed downtown Minneapolis properties: Tearing them down.
Elizabeth Shockman, Elisabeth Gawthrop and Craig Helmstetter at MPR News write that the Minnesota Department of Education in March reported four-year graduation rates were down in 2023, but a deeper look at the data finds the state’s published results were flawed and that graduation rates are actually rising.
Dana Thiede at KARE 11 is reporting Masu Sushi & Robata in the St. Anthony neighborhood of Minneapolis is closed following a fire Sunday afternoon.
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine catches up with comedian Lizz Winstead about moving back to Minneapolis part-time, her new line of edibles, and a documentary on her Abortion Access Front.
