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With abortion rights facing new restrictions, providers prepare for a potential 'post-Roe' future

With abortion rights facing new restrictions, providers prepare for a potential 'post-Roe' future

While the right to an abortion has been constitutionally protected in Minnesota since 1995 under the Doe v. Gomez court ruling, providers are bracing for a future in which abortion could be drastically restricted. MPR News host Nina Moini on Friday spoke with Dr. Julie Amaon from Just the Pill, a medication abortion provider, on how clinics are preparing.
by Nina Moini, Ngoc Bui and Megan Burks

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In Faribault, one last stand for a battered pre-Civil War house

In Faribault, one last stand for a battered pre-Civil War house

Gutted on the inside and pressed by encroaching development, time is running out for a southern Minnesota home that may date back to 1855. Rice County officials are making one more attempt to find someone willing to move it.
by Tim Nelson and Andrew Krueger

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Aztec dance group hosts 'reimagined' May Day festival

The May Day celebration returns after a two-year hiatus. But it will look a little different from past years.
by Vicki Adame

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Rochester's Destination Medical Center plan moved ahead despite challenges

Rochester's Destination Medical Center plan moved ahead despite challenges

In spite of the pandemic, much-anticipated construction in the heart of Rochester is chugging along. But even as new spaces for restaurants, shops and other amenities are built as part of a yearslong transformation of the city, some remain conspicuously vacant.
by Catharine Richert

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MN Human Rights probe finds pattern of racism in Minneapolis Police Department

MN Human Rights probe finds pattern of racism in Minneapolis Police Department

Newly released findings from a nearly two-year state investigation launched after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd paint a stunning portrait of a police department with a culture of animus toward people of color.
by MPR News Staff

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In Focus: Environmental justice and Minnesota’s climate future

MPR News host Twila Dang hosted this virtual discussion exploring some of the meaningful and culturally specific ways environmental justice is being addressed in our state.
by Twila Dang

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Push to change Minnesota state flag gains traction, faces headwinds

Push to change Minnesota state flag gains traction, faces headwinds

Critics say Minnesota’s state flag, and the state seal it’s based on, are racist relics best left in the past. Efforts to change the design have made some progress at the Capitol this session — but face stiff opposition from supporters of the existing flag.
by Tim Nelson

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Minnesota's first Black-owned bank opens in Minneapolis

Minnesota's first Black-owned bank opens in Minneapolis

Detroit-based First Independence Bank opened the doors of its first expansion outside of Michigan, in a former Wells Fargo Bank branch near Highway 280 and University Avenue. It is being celebrated as the first time in Minnesota history a bank has had Black ownership.
by Tim Nelson

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Native women work to break the cycle of poverty, prison in Minnesota

Native women work to break the cycle of poverty, prison in Minnesota

American Indian women make up less than 1 percent of Minnesota’s population but are 20 percent of the state's female prison inmates. Incarceration creates huge consequences for families and communities. A new effort to break the cycle, led by Native women, shows promise, but the challenges remain steep.
by Dan Gunderson

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Duluth police: Man killed aunt, uncle, 2 kids before killing self

Duluth police: Man killed aunt, uncle, 2 kids before killing self

Officials believe Brandon Taylor Cole-Skogstad, 29, was responsible for the killings of four family members at the home, where a family dog was also killed. No motive was given.
by MPR News Staff

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