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Nippon, U.S. Steel file suit after Biden administration blocks $15 billion deal

Nippon, U.S. Steel file suit after Biden administration blocks $15 billion deal

Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.
by The Associated Press

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Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.
by The Associated Press

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Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her

Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her

Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender people.
by Selena Simmons-Duffin

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Jan. 6 still divides people. Is there a productive way to move past it?

Jan. 6 still divides people. Is there a productive way to move past it?

The riots at the U.S. Capitol, driven by unsubstantiated claims of a stolen presidential election, continue to divide people who see the day’s events differently.
by Catharine Richert

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More Minnesota kids get exempted from required vaccinations. Here’s what’s happening

More Minnesota kids get exempted from required vaccinations. Here’s what’s happening

Nonmedical exemptions for required childhood vaccinations have risen steadily since 2020. Medical professionals say exemption counts are near the point where Minnesotans should be extremely concerned, especially when it comes to schools.
by Kyra Miles

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Minneapolis City Council approves agreement on federal oversight of police

Minneapolis City Council approves agreement on federal oversight of police

Following the vote, the U.S. Department of Justice requested a judge approve the agreement to require the MPD make dozens of changes to address allegations of discrimination and use of excessive force.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Matt Sepic and Cari Spencer

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‘I wanted to do something cool’: Meet the man who made the Minnesota-shaped forest

‘I wanted to do something cool’: Meet the man who made the Minnesota-shaped forest

Years before Google Earth, DNR forester Bill Lockner used hand tools and calculated all the angles and distances to etch Minnesota’s shape into a stretch of forest in Lake of the Woods County. He doesn’t talk about it much, but he spoke recently with MPR News.
by Dan Gunderson

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