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Using anti-fraud powers, Minnesota DHS sets 2-year ban on new group home licenses 
Minnesota Human Services Department officials ordered the moratorium using a new state law and executive order aimed at fighting fraud in state programs. Disability services advocates say they were blindsided by the decision.
Judge dismisses Camp Nenookaasi lawsuit against Minneapolis Mayor Frey
Residents of Camp Nenookaasi sued Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, claiming he intentionally inflicted emotional distress by ordering the camp of unhoused, mostly Native people cleared multiple times. 
Bezos foundation gives $2.5 million grant to help fight homelessness in Duluth
Chum, which operates the largest emergency homeless shelter north of the Twin Cities, has been awarded a $2.5 million grant — the largest in its history — to address family homelessness in Duluth.
U of M’s Mapping Prejudice Project reveals racist deeds around Sherburne County lakes
Researchers found 356 properties with racial covenants in Sherburne County, nearly all clustered around lakes. Most were added after 1948, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled such restrictions were unenforceable.
Judge denies motion to dismiss Minneapolis suit against encampment property owner
On Thursday morning, a judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the city of Minneapolis against a landlord who allowed dozens of people to camp on a parking lot he owns.
Judge denies request to throw out city suit against owner of land used for encampment
Hamoudi Sabri’s attorneys argued in court Thursday that the city of Minneapolis can’t proceed with the lawsuit that seeks to prevent him from reopening another encampment on his property because the city didn’t include people who had been living at the encampment as a necessary party. The judge denied that motion.