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Tom Crann
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Timberwolves and Lynx sale to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez back on track after arbitration ruling
The binding ruling issued Monday granted Lore, an e-commerce entrepreneur and investor, and Rodriguez, the former Major League Baseball star, a 90-day extension to finish the acquisition.
Republicans put fraud, measures to stop it in spotlight as they take Minnesota House reins
An initial hearing of a fraud prevention committee in the Minnesota House was a first order of business for Republicans with their newly recognized chamber control. House power may go back to evenly split after a March special election, but the GOP will have control of this committee for the next two years.
Prosecutor calls Feeding Our Future ‘money making engine’ of fraud as trial of founder opens
Federal prosecutors allege that Aimee Bock was the ringleader of a $250 million scheme to defraud taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs during the pandemic and that Said’s restaurant siphoned $16 million of that.
Minnesota joins lawsuit against Trump’s move to restrict gender-affirming care 
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, along with attorneys general from Washington and Oregon and three unnamed doctors, filed a federal lawsuit Friday calling for a halt on a presidential executive order that would end federal funding to medical institutions that provide gender-affirming care. 
Minnesota’s warming climate is making winter fun more dangerous
Warmer winters mean Midwesterners are losing weeks of lake ice cover over the season. MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner talks with Kristoffer Tigue, from Inside Climate News, about what that means for recreation.
‘No-shenanigans handshake’ helps usher in Minnesota House return after prolonged power standoff
The legislative session was resuscitated after weeks of a Minnesota House deadlock. Party leaders agreed to pact where they will share power on committees if a tie returns and clear away other areas of dispute.
Some Venezuelans in Minnesota face uncertainty amid end of ‘Temporary Protected Status’
Venezuelans under Temporary Protected Status who received the protections in 2023 will lose that status in April. Some who fled Venezuela and are in Minnesota fear what will happen if they have to go back.
What Simon says in House goes, but temporary chamber leader tiptoes through intensely partisan terrain
Secretary of State Steve Simon is in the center of a fight over power in the Minnesota House of Representatives. The executive branch officeholder who was first elected to public office two decades ago says he’s not taking sides. Republicans have sued Simon and vice versa.