In her stint as a TV news dispatcher, she learned to focus on the rare story at the expense of the big story.
(02/25/2011)
If some state legislators have their way, Minnesota will soon eliminate the local background checks now required. Republican proponents say they duplicate the federal background check and impose a burden on local police.
(02/07/2011)
A jury met Friday afternoon to select a winning team in the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition. The winner will create a new vision for the riverfront stretching from the Stone Arch Bridge to the northern boundary of the city.
(01/28/2011)
Advocates for ex-offenders and their families gathered at the State Capitol Wednesday, pushing for a law that would require private employers to remove questions about criminal history from employment applications.
(01/26/2011)
When the Chipotle Mexican Grill dismissed hundreds of workers in Minnesota because they failed to produce proper documents allowing them to legally work in the United States, it sparked a backlash from some former employees and labor activists.
(01/25/2011)
Shawn Neudauer, spokesman for U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Twin Cities, responded to questions from MPR reporter Sasha Aslanian about worksite enforcement.
(01/25/2011)
A Minneapolis school that made a bold effort to close the academic achievement gap for Latino middle-school students is closing.
(01/20/2011)
A Martin Luther King Junior day event in North Minneapolis plans to highlight the "digital divide" between rich and poor.
(01/17/2011)
Three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will close after the 2010-2011 school year.
(01/14/2011)
Two Minnesota members of Congress held public events on Monday, saying they won't scale back interactions with constituents after the attack on a congresswoman in Arizona over the weekend.
(01/10/2011)
Minnesota aid organizations hope to use the one-year anniversary of Haiti's devastating earthquake on Wednesday as a reminder of the unfinished recovery.
(01/10/2011)
The point of the holiday should be to enjoy family and feel gratitude.
(12/24/2010)
In November, Sean Simonson, a student at Benilde-St. Margaret's High School in St. Louis Park wrote an editorial, "Life as a Gay Teenager," for his Catholic school's student newspaper that touched off a controversy.
(12/23/2010)
Landfall, Minn. is a tiny city east of St. Paul. More than a quarter of the 700 residents live in poverty, but the city has also been named one of the best communities for young people.
(12/16/2010)
Five Minnesota students and two adults are on the fourth day of a national hunger strike to pressure the U.S. Senate to pass the DREAM Act.
(12/14/2010)
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