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Duluth mayor considers scrapping part of skyway system to invest in street-level businesses

Duluth mayor considers scrapping part of skyway system to invest in street-level businesses

Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert suggests the Skywalk has outlived its usefulness. “As we look post-COVID and really post-paper economy, we have to be really focused on, How do we revitalize that street-level retail?,” he said on Morning Edition.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Jessie Diggins fights injury to take bronze in race dominated by Sweden at Milan Cortina Games

Jessie Diggins fights injury to take bronze in race dominated by Sweden at Milan Cortina Games

American Jessie Diggins has battled through injury to claim bronze in the women’s 10‑kilometer interval start. It was a race dominated by Sweden’s Frida Karlsson as she won her second gold medal at the Winter Olympics. 
by The Associated Press

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Border czar Tom Homan: Immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota coming to an end

Border czar Tom Homan: Immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota coming to an end

The immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is ending, said Tom Homan, the border czar for President Donald Trump. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude.”
by Anna Haecherl, Andrew Krueger, Cari Spencer, Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Dana Ferguson

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These sex workers in Minneapolis never thought they would own a gun. Then ICE came to town

These sex workers in Minneapolis never thought they would own a gun. Then ICE came to town

More than 8,200 permit to carry applications were filed in the state in January. For populations worried about their safety during the ICE surge, ownership seems like a path to security. 
by Sam Stroozas

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How building community supports mental health

In times of stress, building community can support our mental health. MPR News host Catharine Richert talks with organizers Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown about new communities forming in Minnesota — and how to stay connected even with people who see things very differently.
by Catharine Richert and Cari Dwyer

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'We're unwanted:' The voices of Minnesotans in hiding

'We're unwanted:' The voices of Minnesotans in hiding

In a new series, we feature several people in the state who have been in hiding due to fear of arrest, detention, or deportation. We asked them to send us voice memos for three days, describing what they did that day, what they didn’t get to do, and how it’s impacting their lives.
by Nina Moini, Alanna Elder and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Lawyers gain access to Whipple Federal Building after lawsuit, find lack of access to counsel

Lawyers gain access to Whipple Federal Building after lawsuit, find lack of access to counsel

Lawyers from the nonprofit organization Advocates for Human Rights visited the facility early Monday after a federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to let them inside. 
by Matt Sepic, Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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A rare look into Dilley family detention center in Texas

A rare look into Dilley family detention center in Texas

A ProPublica report gives an inside look into the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, where it’s believed several Minnesota children — including Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old from Columbia Heights — and their families were sent after being detained by federal agents.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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