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Something happened at Lake and Bloomington, gossip was ICE but officials are claiming the feds were there on a warrant for drugs and money laundering.

BLOOMINGTON, MN — A child with a confirmed case of measles was infectious while visiting the indoor theme park at the Mall of America on May 24, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).

Target's Pride Line Is, Uh, a Little Subdued

As a U.S. Army veteran who served five combat deployments, I’ve seen firsthand the physical and psychological scars that many of my fellow service members carry with them after returning home.

Every bit is worth something, even if no one person or group can do enough.

Minnesota lawmakers have voted to strip funding from the Northern Lights Express – the long-debated, proposed a passenger rail service designed to connect the Twin Cities and Duluth.

A conservative advocacy group sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday on behalf of three female softball players who say Minnesota’s policy allowing trans athletes to compete on sports teams that match their gender amounts to sex discrimination against female athletes and a violation of Title IX, the federal statute requiring equity in men’s and women’s sports.

Minnesota authorities would no longer be able to charge people with major drug crimes solely on the basis of the dirty water in their bongs — thanks to a provision in the 192-page judiciary and public safety bill that was sent to Gov. Tim Walz over the weekend. He’s expected to sign it.

O'Hara, Royce White, Liz Collin Badmouth Mpls in Sensationalist NY Post Story

The recent double felony conviction of Minnesota painting contractor Fred Newell should send a clear message: Wage theft is a crime, and when workers come together through a union, justice is not just possible, it’s within reach.

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It’s 2025 and sex workers are everywhere. Literally.

Minnesota taxpayers entrust our government with billions of dollars each year to make Minnesota a safe and dignified place to live — including for people in prison. It’s hard to believe we might throw away hundreds of millions of dollars trying to salvage 100-year-old prisons in deep disrepair. These facilities are dangerous for the people living and working inside. The only safe and affordable option is to close them once and for all.

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The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday approved an ordinance that would prohibit landlords from employing algorithms to set rent and vacancy rates.

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State Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, was arrested in Bloomington on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex.

Sociopaths Misappropriate Hit Song From MN

Buy for a dollar and sell for two.

Monica Duque never knows how many hours she is going to get in a given week. She works at the Jerry’s Cub Foods on East Lake Street at the front of the store, helping customers, overseeing cashiering, and running online shopping. She finds out her hours, she explains, “when the schedule is posted on Friday, for the week after next.”

It could be a bad legislative session for bad drivers.

Regents Preemptively Surrender

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DFL lawmakers in the House and Senate (SF1905/HF1657) ) have introduced legislation that would remove an unusual loophole in state law allowing prosecutors to treat the water in a bong as a controlled substance, no different than the uncut version of whatever illicit drug the bong was used to smoke.

The Trump administration has locked Minnesota out of $200 million in federal grants awarded to the state last year for community-based climate projects, leaving projects in limbo and underscoring the uncertainty and disruption unleashed by Trump’s early budget cutting.

*Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Mass firings create chaos across federal agencies; HealthPartners office workers announce three-day strike; confirmation uncertain for Trump’s secretary of labor pick; and Rep. Michelle Fischbach looks to repeal Biden’s nursing home staffing levels.*

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*Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Membership swells as federal employee unions confront DOGE attacks; dairy farmer faces rare criminal charges for wage theft; Mayday Cafe reopens as worker-owned co-op; Americans don’t believe Democrats care about the economy; and Whole Foods challenges union election in Philadelphia.*

A University of Minnesota neuroscientist suspected of doctoring images in a highly influential study of Alzheimer’s disease is resigning from the university after years of intense scrutiny.

What Has MN Sued Trump About So Far?

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*Welcome to The Topline, a weekly roundup of the big numbers driving the Minnesota news cycle, as well as the smaller ones that you might have missed. This week: Christian nationalism in Minnesota; state leads on expansion of ballot access; Mankato’s surveillance state; and USAID freeze to cost Minnesota farmers $70 million.*

In 1962, not long after President John Kennedy created USAID, the federal agency tasked with administering foreign assistance, he welcomed its first mission directors to the White House. He noted the difficult politics of sustaining foreign assistance but called it essential to America’s role as leader of the free world. “There will not be farewell parades to you as you leave,” he said of their imminent deployments, “or parades when you come back.” The reward was the work itself and the larger cause of freedom it served.

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