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Protesters rally in support of jailed St. Paul woman charged with assaulting law enforcement during raid
Isabel Lopez, 27, of St. Paul was arrested for alleged actions during a narcotics raid in Minneapolis last week. Protesters rallied in support of her outside the Sherburne County Jail, where Lopez is being held.
Minnesota's clean energy industry fretting about possible rollback of tax credits
The clean energy tax credits have been used to defray the cost to build new solar and wind projects, help consumers install rooftop solar or weatherize their homes and encourage companies to invest in clean energy manufacturing. President Trump has called those policies a “green new scam.”
Land of 10,000 road closures? Answering your questions on maintenance season
We solicited your questions about road and highway maintenance and construction in Minnesota and asked the state’s Department of Transportation for the answers. Here’s what they said.
Judge denies pretrial motions in Sen. Mitchell’s upcoming criminal trial
A Becker County judge has denied all of the pretrial motions filed by state Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s defense team, and her trial on felony burglary charges for allegedly breaking into her step mother’s home is set to begin Monday.
Frey asks city attorney to help revive parts of dismissed federal agreement on MPD
Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order Tuesday directing the city to move forward with police reforms that would have been required under the federal consent decree that never came to be, after the 171-page agreement was abandoned by the Trump Administration and laid to rest by a judge.
St. Francis Area Schools to reverse book ban policy
As part of a lawsuit settlement, the northern Twin Cities district said Tuesday it will return dozens of books to its library shelves and revise its library acquisitions policy to seek input from parents, qualified library media specialists and state law.