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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.
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.
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.
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.
Former state trooper re-enters 'not guilty' plea in fatal crash in Rochester
The trial of a former state trooper involved in a fatal crash is moving ahead, after he entered another plea of “not guilty” to charges of manslaughter and criminal vehicular operation.
Air quality alert for northeastern Minnesota through Friday evening
An air quality alert is in effect for parts of St. Louis, Lake, Carleton and Cook counties, including the cities of Ely, Isabella, Hibbing, Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Grand Marais and Duluth. The alert runs through 6 p.m. Friday.
Appeals court allows Trump to continue collecting tariffs under emergency powers law
A federal trade court ruled Wednesday that many of the tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed so far exceeded his power under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act.