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Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness marks 50 years with familiar challenges
The challenges of 1976 facing what became Friends of the Boundary Waters Area Wilderness are similar to those faced by the group today after Congress overturned a federal ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Is forward-facing sonar making fishing in Minnesota too easy?
Real-time imaging technology allows anglers to spot fish, track their movement and even watch how they react to a lure. Critics say it crosses an ethical line and worry it could increase pressure on fish populations.
Minneapolis City Council takes another vote on pre-eviction notice extension veto
Supporters of the 45-day pre-eviction notice extension say it is needed to help keep renters impacted by the ICE surge this winter in their homes. But others say it will only deepen rent debt and burden some affordable housing suppliers.
Attorney General sues two Minneapolis nonprofits for illegal spending
Two Minneapolis charities are facing a lawsuit alleging that their leaders spent more than $2 million of the nonprofits’ money on luxury travel, clothing and cash payments to themselves and their families.
Minneapolis poised to pass assault weapons ban
The move by the City Council would largely be symbolic due to the state’s preemption laws.
After highly publicized arrests, feds dismiss a third of ICE protester charges
Of the 36 people charged with assaulting immigration agents during the winter enforcement operation, prosecutors have dismissed cases against 14. But prosecutors are pressing forward with others, including one that a judge calls “perplexing.”
Restoration project along Mississippi River expects to break ground this month
A Dakota-led nonprofit breaks ground this month on a major restoration project at St. Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis. The decade-in-the-making effort aims to bring Dakota presence back to a cultural site along the Mississippi River.