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'Are we worth support?': Rural Minnesota papers face challenges, community loses

'Are we worth support?': Rural Minnesota papers face challenges, community loses

A new report on the decline of local newspapers in Minnesota relays a stark message: when a community's newspaper disappears it loses its local autonomy. The Center for Rural Policy and Development will publicly discuss these implications in a statewide webinar Tuesday afternoon.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe seeks to increase number of foster families

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe seeks to increase number of foster families

The need for foster care comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide on a challenge to a federal law that aims to keep Native children within their community and culture. 
by Kirsti Marohn

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‘A much more inclusive safety net’: Minnesota House passes paid family leave program

‘A much more inclusive safety net’: Minnesota House passes paid family leave program

Under the proposal passed by the House, workers and employers would pay into a state fund that works like unemployment insurance to cover partial wages when a worker takes leave to care for a loved one, welcome a child or recover from illness.
by Dana Ferguson

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U.N. Panel hears Minnesotans' stories of systemic racism in policing and prisons

U.N. Panel hears Minnesotans' stories of systemic racism in policing and prisons

Two experts from the United Nations Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) were at the Twin Cities Urban League Headquarters in North Minneapolis as part of a fact-gathering tour across the country.
by Nicole Ki

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Walz proposes spending for repairs, upgrades to Minnesota fish hatcheries

Walz proposes spending for repairs, upgrades to Minnesota fish hatcheries

Gov. Tim Walz visited a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fish hatchery in St. Paul on Monday to advocate for more money for modernizing the state’s fish hatcheries.
by Nicole Ki

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Thao found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd

Thao found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd

Tou Thao was the Minneapolis police officer who kept bystanders at bay while officer Derek Chauvin kept Floyd pinned to the ground, killing him. The aiding manslaughter conviction means the state will drop the harsher charge against Thao, aiding and abetting murder. 
by Jon Collins

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Minnesota Legislature chooses three new U of M regents ahead of leadership decisions

Minnesota Legislature chooses three new U of M regents ahead of leadership decisions

West St. Paul City Council Member Robyn Gulley is joining the 12-member panel that governs the U along with former Allina Health CEO Dr. Penny Wheeler and Mary Turner, president of the Minnesota Nurses Association. Regent Tadd Johnson was re-appointed.
by Matt Sepic

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