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The Duluth City Council approved a proposal Monday night to crack down on public camping. Backers say it does not criminalize homelessness. And the number of traffic fatalities in Minnesota continues to run far ahead of last year’s pace.
Minneapolis park workers are set to be back on the job today after reaching a deal late last week to end a three-week strike. And after years of planning, the Kellogg Boulevard and Third Street bridge in St. Paul is now closed for replacement.
Minnesota was front and center over the weekend on the political stage. Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance rallied thousands of supporters in St. Cloud. And Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty hired outside lawyers to prosecute state trooper Ryan Londregan, costing taxpayers more than $500,000.
After a strike of more than three weeks, the union representing Minneapolis park workers says it’s reached a tentative contract agreement with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. And ahead of former President Donald Trump's campaign rally tomorrow, Minnesota Democrats will hold a vote-canvassing event for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Former President Donald Trump will rally supporters this weekend in Minnesota. And a contingent of Minnesota Vikings coaches and executives will be in Maryland Friday morning for the funeral of Khyree Jackson.
More than 20 people were arrested in Minneapolis yesterday at a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress. And unionized Minneapolis Park workers have been on strike for three weeks in an increasingly tense labor dispute with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
Next week is the one-year anniversary of cannabis legalization in Minnesota. We’ll tell you where it's legal to consume cannabis and where it's not. And Duluth folk musician Gaelynn Lea has been named a 2024 Disability Futures Fellow by the Ford and Mellon Foundations.
Minnesota U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar and Betty McCollum didn't attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress today. A Minnesota Senate Ethics Subcommittee will likely wait until September to take up a complaint against a DFL senator.
One of the five people charged with trying to bribe a juror in the Feeding Our Future trial pleaded guilty Tuesday. And Delta travelers are not the only ones stranded at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Pilots and flight attendants are also facing challenges with flight delays and cancellations.
Dozens more Delta Air Lines flights to and from the Twin Cities were canceled Tuesday as the airline works to untangle itself from last Friday’s global tech outage. Federal officials are now investigating how Delta is treating its passengers amid the tech issues. Also, former President Trump plans to stump with his running mate JD Vance in St. Cloud this weekend.