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St. Paul’s Cinco de Mayo parade brought music, dancing and crowds back to the West Side on Saturday. The event brought Latino families outside after a winter shaped by fear around immigration enforcement during Operation Metro Surge.
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Kashkari agreed with the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to hold rates steady but dissented from its accompanying policy statement, which he said signaled a future rate cut.
A train derailed early Saturday near Henderson, marking the state’s second derailment this spring, after eight Union Pacific cars carrying liquid methane, propane and grain left the tracks with no injuries or hazardous leaks reported.
The low-cost carrier, which had been struggling for years, announced it will cease operations. Spirit had been seeking a $500 million lifeline from the White House, but talks failed to yield a deal.
A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.
A group of Native American bird enthusiasts will celebrate American Indian Month by leading a bird walk for their community at a sacred site in St. Paul on Sunday. They hope to inspire other Native American community members to think deeper about the world around them by drawing cultural connections to birds and their role in the environment.
A May Day rally and march in Minneapolis comes as labor and immigrant rights groups say fear and disruption from recent enforcement actions are shaping how people show up this year.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has vetoed the city council’s second attempt to extend the city’s eviction notice timeline, as well as a council ordinance decriminalizing drug paraphernalia. The council likely does not have the votes to override the vetoes.
A new health clinic is set to open Monday in south Minneapolis, after years of work on the site.
More than 80 percent of Minnesota principals responding to a recent statewide survey said the federal immigration raids led to thousands of fearful students missing school, which set back their learning. Immigrant kids were not the only ones hurt.
Kazuma Okamoto homered twice, Yohendrick Pinango had three hits in just his fifth career game, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3.
The second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs has at least six teams who did not make it that far a year ago. Buffalo, Colorado, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Anaheim have already qualified. The winner Montreal-Tampa Bay first-round series will also deliver another newcomer.
Sophia Terry of Bank Street Books in Mystic, CT, recommends “The Lilac People" by Milo Todd.
