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Walz pitches $3.3 billion public works plan

Walz pitches $3.3 billion public works plan

The $3.3 billion bonding bill would shatter prior records but would require GOP support for Gov. Tim Walz to pull off.
by Brian Bakst

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Fohrenkam guilty of murder in killing of Minneapolis student Deshaun Hill

Fohrenkam guilty of murder in killing of Minneapolis student Deshaun Hill

Charging documents alleged Hill and Cody Fohrenkam passed close to one another on a sidewalk in February 2022, possibly close enough to brush shoulders, before Fohrenkam shot.
by Matt Sepic

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MN Senate votes to ban discrimination based on hair, OKs Juneteenth holiday

MN Senate votes to ban discrimination based on hair, OKs Juneteenth holiday

Backers said Black Minnesotans, particularly women, face workplace discrimination for styling their hair in braids, twists or locks, or for their natural hair texture. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery following the Civil War.
by Dana Ferguson

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Feds slap 20-year mining ban on land near Boundary Waters

Feds slap 20-year mining ban on land near Boundary Waters

The U.S. Department of the Interior issued a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining projects on 225,000 acres of federal land near the Boundary Waters, dealing a huge blow to the proposed Twin Metals mine near Ely, Minn.
by Dan Kraker

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Art Hounds have ideas to exercise your art brain

Art Hounds have ideas to exercise your art brain

A discussion at Open Book in Minneapolis explores artist Sam Robertson’s illustrated art-book take on the King James Bible. Sarah Nassif’s hands-on “Weaving Water” workshop connects the ancient art of indigo dyeing and spinning fiber with local water systems. And at The Southern Theater, the group Cumar combines West African rhythms and Celtic dance to create something new.
by Emily Bright

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Sweet treat: Play explores life of Boundary Waters' 'Root Beer Lady'

Sweet treat: Play explores life of Boundary Waters' 'Root Beer Lady'

St. Paul’s History Theatre presents a one-woman play about Dorothy Molter, the last legal non-Indigenous resident of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. “She was a trailblazer,” the play’s director says. “She felt a calling and she went for it.” 
by Jacob Aloi

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5 Minnesota chefs make the cut as 2023 James Beard Award semifinalists

5 Minnesota chefs make the cut as 2023 James Beard Award semifinalists

Four chefs are in the running for best in the Midwest, including Yia Vang of Union Hmong Kitchen in Minneapolis. Twin Cities chef Shawn McKenzie of Café Cerés received the state’s only national nod.
by Max Sparber

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