Play3min 41secAfter 20 years of shrinking enrollment, Minneapolis and St. Paul schools face a reckoningMinneapolis school board members on Tuesday will discuss how to close a $110 million deficit, but that annual effort to close budget gaps masks a much deeper problem in St. Paul and Minneapolis: Enrollment decline is a budget killer, and the kids likely aren’t coming back.
Discarded batteries a growing fire risk for garbage handlersDiscarded rechargeable batteries pose a growing fire risk at garbage and recycling facilities. Minnesota officials hope to change an outdated state law to address the threat.
Food for everyone: Fargo international market serves diversifying populationThe biggest international grocery store in both North and South Dakota, the Asian and American Supermarket is celebrating just over one year at its new location, becoming more of an important cultural hub for the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Review: A Ukrainian-born artist's ‘Portal to the Surreal’ at the Museum of Russian Art in MinneapolisAt the Museum of Russian Art is South Minneapolis, Ukrainian-born artist Vladimir Dikarev presents “Portal to the Surreal,” an exhibition celebrating 100 years of Surrealism with his dream-inspired, candy-colored landscapes.
Pro-Trump attorney arrested after hearing over leaking Dominion documentsStefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems.
Appeals court rules in favor of woman turned away from pharmacy for emergency contraceptiveThe Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that an Aitkin County pharmacist’s refusal to give a woman emergency contraception in 2019 was illegal sex discrimination under the state’s human rights act.
Downtown Minneapolis post office officially changes name to honor late congressman Martin Olav Sabo “He probably would have been the one dissenting vote in Congress had he known in advance that this building would be named for him,” said Sabo’s longtime friend and Chief of Staff Mike Erlandson.
Minnesota appeals court overturns USA Powerlifting transgender athlete rulingIn a two-to-one ruling Monday, the appeals panel overturned an earlier decision from a Ramsey County District Court judge, who ruled in Cooper’s favor. The panel stated her claims should be decided at trial.
Biden speaks with Netanyahu as tensions rise over the war in GazaNational security adviser Jake Sullivan described a “business-like” meeting between two leaders with different perspectives about the proposed military operation for the city of Rafah in Gaza.
Play4min 10secMarijuana, cannabis, hemp: Why Minnesota is choosing its words carefullyWhat’s in a name? To paraphrase Shakespeare, a bud by any other word would smell as sweet. Legislators and businesspeople around the state are changing the words they use to talk about cannabis as it becomes legal for adult use.
Minnesota Gophers basketball teams earn berths in NIT, WNITThe University of Minnesota men’s and women’s basketball teams are heading to the postseason, with berths in the National Invitation Tournament and Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
Play7min 57secFBI returns ‘Oz’ ruby slippers to owner in secret ceremonyIn a secret ceremony in February, FBI agents returned a pair of ruby slippers stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids in 2005 to the Los Angeles collector who owns them. This latest twist in the tale of the sparkly shoes came to light after a federal grand jury indicted a second person in connection with the theft.
Trump unable to post $450M bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers sayTrump’s lawyers say they’ve approached 30 companies through four brokers and none will accept his real estate holdings as a guarantee on the bond and argue the judgment is unconstitutionally high.
Walz budget revisions focus on shoring up new tax credit, ambulance servicesGov. Tim Walz opted against recommending a big ramp up in new spending to avoid putting a strain on the next budget. His proposal would fill gaps in agencies and programs since the Legislature adopted a two-year framework last session.
NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, famed for U.S.-Soviet orbital handshake, has died at 93Tom Stafford commanded the first Apollo mission to dock with a Soviet craft in space. He also served as commander of Apollo 10 — the dress rehearsal before NASA's first landing on the moon in 1969.
The arts and crafts giant Joann files for bankruptcy, but stores will remain openJoann expects to receive $132 million in new financing as part of the bankruptcy agreement. The Ohio-based company will also be delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange.
In Havana syndrome patients, NIH scientists find no physical trace of harmThe mysterious ailments that became known as Havana syndrome left no physical evidence of injury or disease, according to two government studies.
Play3min 36secAfter a quarter century in power, Russian President Putin isn’t going anywhereVladimir Putin won a landslide reelection victory, taking some 87 percent of all ballots following three days of voting derided by Russia's opposition and the West as neither free nor fair.
Israel launches another raid on Gaza’s main hospital, charging that Hamas has regrouped thereIsraeli forces have launched another raid on the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital. The army says Hamas militants had regrouped inside Shifa Hospital and that gunmen fired on its forces from inside.
Supreme Court examines whether government can combat disinformation onlineThe plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Missouri, Louisiana and five individuals who were either banned from social media during the pandemic or whose posts, they say, were not prominently featured.