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Ellison calls stadium fundraising nonprofit a ‘sham charity’

Ellison calls stadium fundraising nonprofit a ‘sham charity’

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reached a settlement requiring a Blaine nonprofit to dissolve after alleging it misclassified hundreds of stadium concession workers as volunteers and paid them through grants tied to their labor.
by Ahmed Hassan

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Study finds 94 cases of crowd-control weapon misuse during Minnesota ICE protests

Study finds 94 cases of crowd-control weapon misuse during Minnesota ICE protests

The state accounted for nearly one-quarter of all incidents nationwide documented by the Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley. While rubber bullets were most common in Los Angeles, researchers found federal officers primarily used chemical irritants in Minnesota.

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Cyberattack targets Minnesota cities' water systems

Cyberattack targets Minnesota cities' water systems

The attack prompted Minnesota IT Services to activate a statewide cybersecurity incident response involving local, state and federal agencies. Authorities did not say whether they know who is responsible for the cyberattack, and did not elaborate on a possible motive.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Andrew Krueger

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Officials in Minnesota cities say cyberattacks targeted water systems

Officials in Minnesota cities say cyberattacks targeted water systems

The city of Braham said the temporary water system outage “was a result of a malicious cyberattack of computerized operating systems by unknown actors.” The cities of Plymouth and South St. Paul said they were also targeted.
by Andrew Krueger

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Two incarcerated Minnesotans become first in nation to graduate law school

Two incarcerated Minnesotans become first in nation to graduate law school

Last month, Maureen Onyelobi and Jeffery Young became the first incarcerated people in the United States to earn juris doctor degrees from an ABA-accredited law school while in prison.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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