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Voting rights case vexes state Supreme Court
A voting case that impacts more than 50,000 Minnesotans with felony records came before the state Supreme Court and could be decided before the 2022 election.
As Potter trial begins, Brooklyn Center mulls funding for public safety overhaul
At a meeting Monday night, the city council discussed one proposal that would pull more than a million dollars from the police budget and use it to fund reform measures. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with Mayor Elliott for an update.
Biden sells infrastructure bill at Minnesota tech college
President Joe Biden used a visit to a Minnesota community college Tuesday to highlight how his $1 trillion infrastructure law will create jobs and help train workers — and to make the case for nearly $2 trillion more in spending.
The incident happened just before midnight Friday, as passengers were getting off a Frontier flight from Orlando, Fla. Airport officials say two groups of travelers got off the plane and a fight broke out.
Kimberly Potter trial: 4 jurors chosen; defense says Potter to testify
Prosecutors, defense attorneys and a Hennepin County judge on Tuesday began the painstaking work to pick a jury in the trial of the former Brooklyn Center police officer charged in the Daunte Wright killing. Potter’s attorney told the court Potter will testify in her defense.
Military team arrives to support beleaguered St. Cloud Hospital
The 23-member team of doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists will work alongside staff in areas where they are most needed, including the intensive care unit, surgical wards and the emergency room.
Panel aims to stop violence against African American women
Minnesota officials launched the state’s new Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women on Monday. The group will spend the next year looking at the systemic causes of violence against Black women and then recommend policy changes.
Superior National Forest hires first full-time tribal liaison
The Superior National Forest has hired its first full-time tribal liaison. Juan Martinez will help the Forest Service consult with area Ojibwe bands on projects that impact them within the forest boundaries.
Family, friends mourning after Austin community leader is killed in Ethiopia
“He was a great example of uniting cultures and saying, 'We all want to be better together.' And so he lived that,” a friend of Chol Okey Opiew recalled. “And that's what we need more of in today's world. So it's hard to lose someone that did that so well."