Four months after Congress reversed a ban on mining over about 350 square miles in the watershed of the northeastern Minnesota wilderness, Gov. Tim Walz has issued a state executive order to block copper-nickel mining in the area.
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Minnesota officials say Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is refusing to extradite an ICE agent charged with shooting and wounding a man during Operation Metro Surge.
Hoping to diversify its economy beyond gambling, the Lower Sioux Indian Community has put its chips on hempcrete, a sustainable housing insulation. The operation is part of a quiet, national surge in Native-owned startups. But steep challenges remain.
Tuesday morning members of community groups and unions targeted by federal surveillance - including some of the 15 anti-ICE activists facing federal conspiracy charges - gathered in downtown Minneapolis to call on large companies, like Target, to use its influence to condemn what they see as a federal crackdown on dissenters.
Companies linked to Sekou Dukuly received $36 million in taxpayer money over the past decade to care for disabled adults in Minnesota group homes — despite multiple residents dying and repeated findings of neglect. But the state kept sending payments to the group home companies even after he took a job more than 5,000 miles away.
Community members gathered Monday night to honor Kristen Brown, her 7-year-old daughter, Evie, and Brown’s mother-in-law, Alice, while sharing memories of their lives and the Brown Bear Daycare community.
Bookstores, publishers, authors and local organizations will be present for the fair. Tickets are free with registration.
Every year Minnesota Public Radio picks a local artist to design a tote bag to be given to thousands of members at the Minnesota State Fair in exchange for donations. Dakota artist Marlena Myles designed this year's special gift, which features vibrant colors and pays homage to each corner of Minnesota through an Indigenous lens.
This is not a book for the claustrophobic, unless you believe in exposure therapy through reading.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said it received a report about the body found along the shoreline just after 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
For centuries, tribal trade fueled culture and commerce. The reservation system severed those ties, but they never died. A new generation is reclaiming that entrepreneurial spirit as tribes work to diversify their economies beyond casinos.
A federal judge has ordered prosecutors to turn over a broader set of grand jury materials for review in the case against 38 people charged in connection with a January anti-ICE protest at Cities Church.
A Dakota nation is investing in a Minnesota-based company that aims to produce high-performance magnets created from abundant, sustainable materials.
