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The winner of the April 29 special election will fill the District 6 seat left vacant by Justin Eichorn, who resigned last month after he was charged with soliciting a minor.
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Rachel Hardeman’s work catapulted her to prominence following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. A St. Louis researcher, however, says Hardeman copied her work. Hardeman denies it. A University of Minnesota dean told faculty on Monday that Hardeman will leave the U on May 14.
The removal hearing for Doğukan Günaydın has been pushed back by three weeks. He has been detained since late March.
The hearing is the first about Abrego Garcia’s case since El Salvador’s president told reporters he is not going to “smuggle a terrorist into the United States.”
Justice Patrick Hodge said five judges at the court had ruled unanimously that “the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.”
A Marshall man was detained by federal immigration authorities who claim he overstayed his student visa after it was revoked. However, he tells MPR News from the Kandiyohi County Jail that his arrest may have been politically motivated.
Minneapolis leaders announced Monday that federal land near the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam will be transferred to Dakota-led nonprofit, Owámniyomni Okhódayapi.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will open “The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York” on July 17, a significant solo exhibition of the Grand Portage Anishinaabe artist’s work and a rare presentation at a major institution outside Minnesota.
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. “None of that ... information should ever leave the agency,” said a former NLRB official.
Republicans in Washington are working on slashing the federal budget to help pay for a slate of tax breaks. State lawmakers know it could mean a health care funding hole, but they don’t know how much they’ll have to backfill.
In a deeply polarized country, a new program in Minnesota is teaching middle and high schoolers how to find common ground in their communities. Program leaders say it’s an effort to inspire young people to become engaged politically and in their towns.
President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the directive or allow funding to be restored.
You’ll no longer be able to use a scanner or smartphone app to listen to police communications. The department says encryption is needed to protect the safety of officers and the privacy of crime victims, but some critics have transparency concerns.
