Two Minneapolis charities are facing a lawsuit alleging that their leaders spent more than $2 million of the nonprofits’ money on luxury travel, clothing and cash payments to themselves and their families.
A Minnesota man may receive $4.5 million from the state, after spending nearly two decades in prison for a murder conviction that was later overturned.
The bill would fund personnel and technology used to help identify threats and add protection on the state Capitol campus, state Rep. Brion Curran, DFL-White Bear Lake, told MPR News.
Of the 36 people charged with assaulting immigration agents during the winter enforcement operation, prosecutors have dismissed cases against 14. But prosecutors are pressing forward with others, including one that a judge calls “perplexing.”
The Minnesota State Fair assistant police chief said in a whistleblower lawsuit that Ramsey County Sheriff Robert Fletcher tried to have him fired for reporting Fletcher’s alleged use of chemical munitions on bystanders.
St. Paul police continue to investigate after two people were injured by gunfire Monday evening in the city’s downtown, not far from the busy St. Paul RiverCentre.
The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday that it’s suing the state of Minnesota to stop a lawsuit the state filed against the oil industry over climate change.
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