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Highway closures, sports traffic top Twin Cities weekend road woes
Mix together construction closures on I-94 and I-494 with Twins, Vikings and Minnesota United games and you’ve got a recipe for some still life on Twin Cities roads this weekend. Here’s the breakdown.
Trump plan for home loans rattles watchdogs
The administration unveiled a plan to reprivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that has lending advocates worried. But any changes are likely to be gradual.
The mother of a former Countryside Elementary student claims in a lawsuit that staff subjected the second-grader to a "body cavity strip-search."
Trade war taking a toll in Minnesota
With the addition of new tariffs last Sunday, Minnesota retailers say they’re going to start adding the cost to prices. Ag producers are at risk of losing export markets.
The three months between Memorial Day and Labor Day are known as the 100 deadliest days on Minnesota roads. The Department of Public Safety says this year was no different, with 132 people dying in summer traffic accidents.
Nearly 2,000 people become U.S. citizens in St. Paul
Thousands of new Americans were naturalized in two ceremonies at St. Paul RiverCentre on Wednesday. In 2018, the number of people across the nation who became citizens reached a five-year high.