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Trump holding Pennsylvania rally to promote deal for Japan-based Nippon to ‘partner’ with U.S. Steel

Trump holding Pennsylvania rally to promote deal for Japan-based Nippon to ‘partner’ with U.S. Steel

President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday to celebrate a details-to-come deal for Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel. He says the plan will keep the iconic American steelmaker under U.S. control.
by The Associated Press

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Pro rugby finds a friendly scrum in Minnesota’s fast-growing women’s sports market

Pro rugby finds a friendly scrum in Minnesota’s fast-growing women’s sports market

TC Gemini, the new Twin Cities women’s professional rugby team, is finding a fan base here for a sport increasingly popular with women. With a roster that includes locally grown players, the team’s riding a wave of interest in women’s sports, especially in Minnesota.
by Sam Stroozas

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Long stretch of Interstate 494 will be closed this weekend

Long stretch of Interstate 494 will be closed this weekend

If you’re driving in the southern Twin Cities metro area this weekend, you may want to allow some extra time to reach your destination. A long stretch of Interstate 494 in Bloomington will be closed in both directions.
by MPR News Staff

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She left a career in government auditing to advocate for farmers like her parents

She left a career in government auditing to advocate for farmers like her parents

Friendly Vang-Johnson’s parents were some of the first Hmong refugees to farm in Minnesota. She wasn’t planning to follow in her parents’ footsteps, but that changed when she started a delivery program that eventually became Friendly Hmong Farms, a wider effort to support farmers in Washington and Minnesota.
by Alanna Elder

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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end humanitarian status for some migrants

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end humanitarian status for some migrants

The move to grant a stay in the case means that the Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who were granted temporary parole under the program known as CHNV would lose their temporary legal status to be in the U.S.
by Nina Totenberg

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Head of violence intervention nonprofit charged with wage theft

Minneapolis community leader and violence prevention non-profit head Bishop Harding Smith is facing wage theft charges, after allegedly misusing funding from Hennepin County that was intended to go into his employees’ paychecks.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Tribal nations appeal ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 states

Tribal nations appeal ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 states

After a challenge by Republican officials in North Dakota, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in seven states.
by Hansi Lo Wang

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