Politics and Government News

Obamacare wins for the 3rd time at the Supreme Court
The decision threw out the challenge to the law, on grounds that Texas and other objecting GOP-dominated states were not required to pay anything under the mandate provision. The vote was 7 to 2.
No money to help stretch SNAP dollars at farmers markets in state budget
A program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes buy produce at farmers markets could be a victim of budget negotiations at the state Capitol, and some legislators are scrambling to find a way to save it. 
Protesters continue barricading Lake Street to remember 2 killed
Midday Tuesday, Minneapolis police and public works crews pulled down makeshift barricades that demonstrators had set up to protect a memorial where Deona Erickson was killed Sunday night. People then put wooden pallets and a dumpster in the street. Police moved in hours later to detain some people and reopen Lake Street.
'The Power of Nonviolence,' a documentary from the Humankind series
“The Power of Nonviolence,” a documentary from the Humankind series produced by David Freudberg.  
Biden arrives in Geneva for highly-anticipated Putin meeting
Buoyed by days of partnership-building sessions with America's democratic allies, Joe Biden arrived in Geneva on Tuesday for the most-watched and tensest part of his first European tour as president: talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Landlord group sues over Minnesota eviction restrictions
The lawsuit comes as the state Legislature prepares to vote on a plan to wind down Gov. Tim Walz’s eviction moratorium.