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60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
As new regents arrive, University of Minnesota faces a series of complicated challenges
Gov. Tim Walz is due to name four new members to the 12-person University of Minnesota Board of Regents soon. Those new members will face a barrage of challenging issues the university system, and higher education in general, are confronting.
Small stations hit hard: WTIP in Grand Marais lays out effects of federal funding cuts
Katie Belanger, WTIP’s development director, is tasked with figuring out what’s next and rallying support from the public to get the station back in the black.
St. Paul has one special election on August 12 for City Council Ward 4. Candidates are Chauntyll Allen, Molly Coleman, Cole Hanson and Carolyn Will.