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Wisconsin voters to choose top education official and consider voter ID amendment

Wisconsin voters to choose top education official and consider voter ID amendment

Wisconsin is electing its top education official, who will guide policies affecting K-12 schools during President Donald Trump’s second term. Tuesday’s vote pits the teachers union-backed incumbent Jill Underly against Republican-supported critic Brittany Kinser.
by The Associated Press

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Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?

Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?

In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.
by The Associated Press

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Pérez tosses 6 hitless innings in his Chicago debut as the White Sox pound the Twins 9-0

Pérez tosses 6 hitless innings in his Chicago debut as the White Sox pound the Twins 9-0

Martín Pérez threw six hitless innings in a sparkling Chicago debut, and the White Sox pounded the Minnesota Twins 9-0. The Twins’ only hits were singles by Willi Castro in the seventh against Mike Vasil and Ryan Jeffers in the eighth.
by The Associated Press

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Green card holders, travelers caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown

Green card holders, travelers caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown

A lawful permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for 50 years was detained because of a decades-old conviction amid tougher immigration enforcement at airports and border crossings.
by Joel Rose

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The Indian Child Welfare Act is before the Minnesota Supreme Court again. Here’s why

The Indian Child Welfare Act is before the Minnesota Supreme Court again. Here’s why

Martin County foster parents are getting another audience in front of the Minnesota Supreme Court after arguing last fall that the nearly 50-year-old law is unconstitutional. They say they should be allowed to adopt two Native children after they were placed with a relative.
by Allison Herrera

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MPD still working through monitor’s first year goals to speed up complaint backlog, finalize policies

MPD still working through monitor’s first year goals to speed up complaint backlog, finalize policies

It’s been one year since an independent monitor began overseeing the Minneapolis Police Department’s efforts to comply with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights settlement agreement. Both the monitor and head of the state’s human rights department say they are encouraged by some progress.
by Cari Spencer

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Road projects aim to ease congestion along Twin Cities freeway, Rochester interchange

Road projects aim to ease congestion along Twin Cities freeway, Rochester interchange

Road construction season is getting underway across Minnesota with work on a couple of major projects starting this week and next. That includes adding driving lanes to a well-traveled Twin Cities freeway and major changes to a busy interchange near Rochester.
by MPR News Staff

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Bemidji novelist Dennis E. Staples aims to make the North Woods scary with new book

Bemidji novelist Dennis E. Staples aims to make the North Woods scary with new book

Red Lake Band member Dennis E. Staples won national acclaim for his first book “This Town Sleeps.” Now he’s back with a second novel “Passing Through A Prairie Country.” It’s a tale that mixes horror and dark fantasy with Ojibwe culture.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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