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What does overturning Roe mean for Minnesota? Nothing, but …

MINNEAPOLIS — Abortions remain a legally protected right in Minnesota — but it just became a politically hotter issue for this fall’s elections.

Pioneer Press

Minnesota Democrats pitch early primary to DNC

WASHINGTON — Minnesota Democrats pitched national party leaders Thursday in a bid to become one of the first U.S. states to hold a 2024 presidential primary, pointing to the state's strong voter turnout, growing diversity and election laws.

Tribune News Service

Long-awaited federal study finds threat to Boundary Waters from hardrock mining

Hardrock mining on public land in northern Minnesota risks contaminating the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, even with measures designed to head off those problems, a long-awaited federal study says.

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Feds issue draft assessment that could doom Minnesota mine

The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft environmental assessment to lay the foundation for a proposed 20-year moratorium on copper-nickel mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

The Independent UK

Is the Nation's Harshest Rent Control Law Unconstitutional, or Just Counterproductive?

Two St. Paul, Minnesota, landlords claim that the city's restrictions on rent increases above 3 percent amounts to a taking of their property without due process or compensation.

Reason

These churches are putting their faith in new names

MINNEAPOLIS -- What's in a name? Plenty, if you ask leaders and members at Edina, Minnesota's Meetinghouse Church, which was known for more than seven decades as Colonial Church.

Tribune News Service

Minnesota’s heat waves getting more humid, scientists say

Minnesota's 101-degree reading on Monday broke records, but the real story was the swampy air.

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Trae Waynes admits to being ‘pissed off’ when Vikings drafted him

Here's a Trae Waynes story you've never heard before.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Daunte Wright’s family reaches $3.25m settlement with city of Minnesota over police shooting death

The settlement will also include changes to police policies and training, including in handling traffic stops

The Independent UK

Evoqua Acquires Smith Engineering For Undisclosed Sum

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp (NYSE:AQUA) has agreed to acquire privately-held Smith Engineering, Inc. Deal terms were not disclosed. The company expects the acquisition to enhance its high purity water treatment systems portfolio and expand its service footprint in North America. Smith Engineering, headquartered in Chaska, Minnesota, offers a variety of water treatment…

Benzinga

Attorney General Keith Ellison vows to legally defend travelers who come to Minnesota for abortions

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison vowed Tuesday to legally defend travelers who come here to get an abortion and face prosecution in their own states for doing so.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Title IX was a win for the US

The Minnesota Lynx, four-time WNBA champions, play three games this week. The Minnesota Aurora take their 6-0-1 record in the preprofessional USL-W women's soccer league on the road in matches in Chicago and St. Louis.

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Rural Minnesota pitchman says small-town life sells itself. Millennials and GenXers are buying

VERGAS, Minn. — "Can I get a few Mickeys for a young kid like you?" said the silver-haired volunteer behind the griddle, flipping a pancake shaped like the Disney mouse. A man of roughly the same vintage holds out his plate, smiling at the joke.

Tribune News Service

Judge to hear requests to reset trial for 2 in Floyd killing

Minnesota prosecutors and a defense attorney for one of two former Minneapolis police officers who still face a state trial in George Floyd’s killing have made dueling requests for a new trial date

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Multiple events prove Kyle Rudolph love still runs strong in Minnesota

Once a Viking, always a Viking

Ballotpedia

Minnesota attorney general raises $540,932 this election cycle

According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has raised $540,932 and spent $272,300 between Jan. 1, 2021, and Mar. 31, 2022. Ellison is currently ranked sixth in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle.

The Independent UK

Minn. Republican threatens retaliation against medical board

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen has threatened to retaliate against the Minnesota board that oversees doctors as it investigates him for the fifth time

Tribune News Service

For gas station owners, record prices aren’t the windfall people think

About a decade ago, when gas prices last surged above $3 a gallon, Chuck Graff put up a message on the sign at his St. Anthony, Minnesota, gas station: "We Hate Our Gas Prices Too."

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The Independent UK

Man convicted in Minnesota clinic attack faces life sentence

A man who stormed a medical clinic in Minnesota, fatally shot one person and wounded four others faces a mandatory term of life in prison without parole when he is sentenced

The Independent UK

Man found living in car with 47 cats in sweltering June heat

The four dozen cats, ranging in age from just under a year to 12 years old, were found to be in good health by the Humane Society’s veterinarians

Tribune News Service

Motormouth: Where's the front plate?

Q: “Dad,” said my son, “I bet nine out of 10 Teslas do not have a front license plate.” I must admit, I had never noticed this before, but after he alerted me, I started to pay attention. Sure enough, I’d say 90% of the Teslas I observed did not…

Evening Standard

47 cats living in car rescued from scorching 32C heat in the US

This is the astonishing moment 47 cats were rescued from a car parked in sweltering 32C in southeastern Minnesota, in the US.

Tribune News Service

Dieter Kurtenbach: Looking for the unsung heroes of the Warriors title push? Meet the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Is it better to be lucky or good?

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Biden nominates Chauvin prosecutor for federal judge in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Jerry Blackwell to be the next federal judge in Minnesota, elevating the Minneapolis attorney who gained international notoriety for his role in the prosecution of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd.

The Independent UK

Key Derek Chauvin prosecutor tapped to be federal judge

President Joe Biden has nominated one of the prosecutors who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the killing of George Floyd to be a federal judge in Minnesota

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