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Kids, staff, parents detained: How federal activity in Minnesota is affecting schools and students
The recent surge in federal law enforcement activity is increasingly affecting school children across the state. Some schools are offering online learning to students to afraid to go to school, while others see soaring absenteeism.
Minnesota housing programs sit on hundreds of thousands of federal dollars, citing new immigration, gender requirements
Two Minnesota cities have delayed spending federal housing funds because they’re unsure they can meet new grant requirements from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Across Minnesota, many businesses closed Friday to protest ICE action
Minnesota labor unions, community activists and faith leaders are organizing the economic blackout, dubbed “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom.”
MN state auditor Julie Blaha warns of costs of losing Fed independence
Minnesota state auditor Julie Blaha —joined by state treasurers from blue states Colorado, Washington, and Massachusetts—warned that if political interference on the Federal Reserve takes hold, the risk is inflation could rise quickly.
The 'Magical City' — An illustrated tour of George Morrison’s New York
George Morrison’s years in New York shaped his artistic voice and placed him at the center of major 20th-century art movements. A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art traces that journey from his arrival in 1943 to his lasting influence on modernism and Abstract Expressionism.
MN Shortlist, Jan. 23-29: Risk-taking theater, winter festivals and poetry with purpose
Across stages, bookstores and winter streets, these events test how culture can hold joy and rigor at the same time, whether through reinvention, representation or the simple act of gathering in the cold and paying attention together.