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Minnesota voters backed school funding, union-endorsed candidates at the polls
Minnesota voters on Tuesday approved the majority of funding questions from school districts. Union-endorsed candidates took significant school board wins. Here’s a look at what happened.
Art Hounds: Three very different plays about immigration 
Art Hounds recommend three very different plays in the Twin Cities that have immigration as a theme. Combustible Theatre resurrects Eugene O’Neill’s 1922 play “The Hairy Ape,” Full Circle Theater stages “Anon(ymous)” and Fortune Fool’s new musical “Cold Planet Warm Heart.”
Minnesota’s Ukrainian community commemorates the 90th Anniversary of Holodomor 
Members of Minnesota’s Ukrainian community and Minnesota state legislators gathered Wednesday at the State Capitol to mark the anniversary of the Holodomor, the catastrophic famine inflicted by Joseph Stalin in 1932-33.
Minnesota Supreme Court rejects bid to bar Trump from primary ballot
The court on Wednesday said that the primary is a party-run process. It didn’t rule out revisiting the issue later of whether former President Donald Trump can appear on Minnesota general election ballots in 2024 if he wins the Republican nomination.
Judge finds mosque arson suspect mentally incompetent
A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday ruled that a man accused of setting fires inside two Minneapolis mosques earlier this year is not mentally competent to stand trial. Jackie Rahm Little, 36, of Plymouth, Minn., is facing arson and hate crime charges.
What disaster creates: A Palestinian American artist investigates conflict
In Minneapolis, Palestinian American artist Lamia Abukhadra’s new light installation, “Not the Sunrise,” at the Hair + Nails gallery, juxtaposes images of the sun with the stark reality of the 2021 bombings in Gaza, challenging perceptions of conflict and media through art.
Minneapolis City Council President Jenkins survives strong election challenge
Andrea Jenkins narrowly defeated challenger and political newcomer Soren Stevenson to retain her 8th Ward seat. Jenkins’ unofficial victory is also a rare come-from-behind win.
EPA says 'further actions' needed to protect human health from nitrate in southeast Minnesota
Environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying nitrate in the groundwater in southeast Minnesota’s karst region — largely from fertilizer and manure applied to crop land — poses an imminent danger to human health.