Walz administration looks to inject workforce growth in high-demand industries through grantsMarch 19, 2024 7:01 PMBy Clay MastersGov. Walz announced 35 grant awards to nearly three dozen grants to schools, workforce centers and nonprofits total $20 million.
Play5min 37secThis senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes nextMarch 19, 2024 5:45 PMBy Ari Shapiro , Jordan-Marie Smith , and Sarah Handel The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.
There’s no place like home: Ruby slippers from ‘Wizard of Oz’ could find permanent residence in MinnesotaMarch 19, 2024 5:36 PMBy Dana FergusonThe conversation at the Capitol comes after news this week that the shoes were secretly returned last month after they were stolen from a Grand Rapids museum in 2005.
Negotiators reach spending deal but timeline is tight to avoid shutdownMarch 19, 2024 2:11 PMBy Barbara Sprunt The deal between negotiators from the House and the White House would fund the government until the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30.
Play3min 29secYoung conservatives have grown up in Trump's Republican Party. Now, it's time to voteMarch 19, 2024 4:52 AMBy Elena Moore With nearly a decade on the national political stage, for some of the youngest eligible conservative voters this year, former President Donald Trump has been pivotal in their political upbringing.
Play4min 02secDiscarded batteries a growing fire risk for garbage handlersMarch 19, 2024 4:00 AMBy Dan GundersonDiscarded rechargeable batteries pose a growing fire risk at garbage and recycling facilities. Minnesota officials hope to change an outdated state law to address the threat.
RBG award ceremony canceled amid controversy over recipientsMarch 18, 2024 11:47 PMBy Emma Bowman and Alina Hartounian Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk and junk bond creator Michael Milken were among the recipients of the 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award.
Pro-Trump attorney arrested after hearing over leaking Dominion documentsMarch 18, 2024 10:41 PMBy The Associated Press Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems.
Downtown Minneapolis post office officially changes name to honor late congressman Martin Olav Sabo March 18, 2024 6:10 PMBy Cari Spencer“He probably would have been the one dissenting vote in Congress had he known in advance that this building would be named for him,” said Sabo’s longtime friend and Chief of Staff Mike Erlandson.
Biden speaks with Netanyahu as tensions rise over the war in GazaMarch 18, 2024 4:41 PMBy Franco Ordoñez National security adviser Jake Sullivan described a “business-like” meeting between two leaders with different perspectives about the proposed military operation for the city of Rafah in Gaza.