The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a woman who exposed her breasts in a Rochester parking lot in 2021. Olmsted County prosecutors charged Eloisa R. Plancarte with a misdemeanor after Rochester police responded to a complaint about a woman walking around topless near a gas station.
The VA Servicing Purchase program has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure. But Republicans in Congress have been critical of the program, saying it puts too much taxpayer money at risk.
Minnesota schools are facing budget shortfalls and staffing cuts as they face inflation, uncertainty from possible federal cuts and the rising costs of recent state legislation.
A proposal to move a safe place where people experiencing homelessness in Duluth can sleep in their cars has pitted neighbors asking for their safety concerns to be addressed against what advocates say are misconceptions of homelessness.
Unlike many Hmong families who sought refuge in the United States after the Vietnam War, Marc Heu’s family located to French Guiana in South America. He says growing up in French Guiana was difficult for him at times.
Kamala Harris had centered her closing argument of her unsuccessful presidential campaign on the dangers posed by Trump. These were her first major remarks since he took office.
About two dozen states, including Minnesota, sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the dismantling of AmeriCorps, the 30-year-old federal agency for volunteer service, and over the cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding for state and community projects across the U.S.
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