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Twin Cities public television, or TPT, is laying off some of its staff. In an email to employees Tuesday, President Sylvia Strobel said, “Due to the loss of federal funding, we have made the decision to reduce our staff.”
State Sen. Bruce Anderson will be interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery next week. Anderson died unexpectedly Monday at age 75. Hundreds of Essentia clinic workers in northern and central Minnesota will go back to work Wednesday after a two-week strike.
Sen. Nicole Mitchell will resign her senate seat following her conviction on felony burglary charges. Mitchell announced through her attorneys Monday that she will give up her seat by early August. And a new study shows that Olmsted County does not have enough housing stock to meet demand.
An appeals court has ruled a lawsuit against a Minneapolis police officer in the shooting death of Amir Locke can move forward. Minnesota political leaders are waiting to hear from state Sen. Nicole Mitchell. The Woodbury DFLer was convicted Friday on felony burglary charges after breaking into her stepmother's Detroit Lakes home in 2024. 
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell took the stand Thursday in her burglary trial at the Becker County Courthouse. The DFL’er from Woodbury told jurors she broke into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home over a year ago to check on her welfare.
Minnesota has joined a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over FEMA's move in April to end some disaster preparedness funding. Law enforcement shot and killed a person in St. Louis County on Tuesday after that person allegedly set homes on fire and shot at officers.
Authorities say the man suspected of killing a DFL state lawmaker and her husband last month likely acted alone. The Justice Department has not decided if it will seek the death penalty in the case.