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Venezuelan Minnesotan chef, newly approved for asylum, will star on ‘Chopped’

Venezuelan Minnesotan chef, newly approved for asylum, will star on ‘Chopped’

After years of immigration limbo, Soleil Ramirez, who owns Crasqui, a fine dining Venezuelan restaurant in St. Paul, achieved two dreams. She was granted asylum and had a chance to compete on the Food Network show “Chopped.”
by Emily Reese and Gretchen Brown

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Highways reopening in southern Minnesota after closures due to blizzard; Walz activates National Guard

Highways reopening in southern Minnesota after closures due to blizzard; Walz activates National Guard

With shovels, snowblowers and snowplows, Minnesotans got to work Wednesday digging out from a major late-winter storm that walloped southern and eastern parts of the state with heavy snow, howling winds and blizzard conditions.
by Andrew Krueger, Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Minnesota joins lawsuit against construction company for rape, assault allegations

Minnesota joins lawsuit against construction company for rape, assault allegations

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is joining a lawsuit against Absolute Drywall for violating the state’s human rights law. The construction company allegedly failed to investigate an employee’s reports of sexual harassment and rape and fired the employee who came forward.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Stripper Awards Gala in Minneapolis spotlights sex workers, decriminalization efforts

Stripper Awards Gala in Minneapolis spotlights sex workers, decriminalization efforts

The event for sex workers and their allies praised the best in the business while advocating for stronger labor protections for dancers and sharing the importance of decriminalized sex work.
by Sam Stroozas

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Jenkins won’t seek fourth term on Minneapolis City Council

Jenkins won’t seek fourth term on Minneapolis City Council

Before she became the first Black openly trans woman to be elected to office in the United States in 2017, Andrea Jenkins served as a policy aide in city hall.
by MPR News Staff

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In polarized times, these Minnesota legislators want to restore civility at the state Capitol

In polarized times, these Minnesota legislators want to restore civility at the state Capitol

This year’s legislative session started with a lot of vitriol between DFLers and Republicans. But a bipartisan group of legislators is trying to get both sides to be more collaborative and civil.
by Catharine Richert

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A crucial, vacant Minnesota House seat will finally be filled next week

A crucial, vacant Minnesota House seat will finally be filled next week

The March 11 special election will determine whether Republicans secure enough seats to pass bills in the Minnesota House or if they’ll fall back into a tie with the DFL.
by Clay Masters

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‘We may have become the mob’: Feeding Our Future leader’s texts revealed in trial

‘We may have become the mob’: Feeding Our Future leader’s texts revealed in trial

In text messages that Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock wrote to others charged in a $250 million conspiracy to defraud taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs, she discussed scorched-earth tactics for dealing with critics of her nonprofit.
by Matt Sepic

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Northstar train ridership dip leads to rethinking of commuter transit

Northstar train ridership dip leads to rethinking of commuter transit

The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council are studying replacing the Northstar commuter train line with buses. MPR News host Tom Crann spoke to the author of the report driving some of this rethinking.
by Tom Crann and Gretchen Brown

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