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Dozens of University of Minnesota students rallied outside the Hennepin County Jail Tuesday, demanding the release of 11 people who were arrested in an occupation of a building on campus Monday.
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A St. Paul ballot question next month asks voters if they’ll authorize the city to levy property taxes to fund child care for low income families up to $20 million over 10 years. The mayor says he won’t implement the tax hike even if voters approve it. Here’s what to know.
Some district leaders say they’ve been inundated with huge data requests that appear politically motivated and can be massively expensive and difficult to decipher. At least one school board has asked lawmakers to help slow a “runaway train.”
Students gathered in St. Paul to learn about colleges with Indigenous-focused programs.
This election season, MPR News invited its audience to learn more about people on the other side of the political spectrum through an initiative called “Walk a Mile in My News.” Two of our participants, a Democrat and a Republican, swapped their go-to news sources and then let us record their conversations. They had far more in common than they expected.
Twin Cities celebrity chef Justin Sutherland faces sentencing in December after admitting that he threatened to shoot his girlfriend. Ramsey County prosecutors charged Sutherland over the summer with a felony count of making threats of violence, to which he pleaded guilty on Monday.
During a visit to Minnesota on Monday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that civics education is key to preserving democracy and the rule of law.
Streaks of high temperatures in the 80s combined with worsening drought conditions are contributing to an extended wildfire season in Minnesota.
The Johanna Kiln, the largest wood-burning kiln in North America, completed its 10-day firing at St. John’s University, holding over 10,000 pieces and involving 45 participants.
Police responded to Morrill Hall shortly after the University of Minnesota’s Students for a Democratic Society chapter said it had occupied the building.
A 3-year-old child was shot Monday afternoon on the 2300 block of Jefferson Street Northeast in Minneapolis. Assistant Chief Christopher Gaiters said they are looking into whether this was an accident. The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating.
In-person early voting has kicked off across battleground Wisconsin, with former President Barack Obama and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz hosting a rally in liberal Madison.
A new bus rapid transit route set to begin operating between Woodbury and St. Paul next spring will also be expanded to serve downtown Minneapolis in 2027, Metro Transit announced Tuesday.
