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Powderhorn residents plead for help to manage homeless encampment
Many neighbors are conflicted. They want encampment residents to have stable housing and access to the services they need. At the same time, they feel the encampment is unsafe and unsustainable, for all involved.
Minnesota's August primary: A closer look at the 5th, 7th District races
Aug. 11 is primary Election Day in Minnesota, but early voting began late last month. This year’s contests feature two interesting intraparty congressional battles — one Republican primary in rural Minnesota, the other a Democratic primary in the heart of Minneapolis.
As state continues to reopen, some office workers fear COVID-19 exposure, retaliation
Employment lawyers in Minnesota say they're hearing from workers who say they have been retaliated against for raising safety concerns about workplace conditions — or who have hesitated to speak up because they fear retaliation.
Twin Cities Oromo community mourns cultural icon, takes up his song
All this week, members of the Twin Cities’ Oromo community have been mourning the loss of a cultural icon: A singer and activist who was a leading voice in the fight for his people’s civil rights in Ethiopia.
Minneapolis Park Board holds off on reducing size of encampments
The Minneapolis Park Board is trying to determine a path forward for hundreds of homeless people who are living in city parks.
Two college students have organized racial justice protests in the small central Minnesota city of Alexandria, but they intend to keep it top of mind for residents long after the protests end.
Walz lauds new insulin affordability law, blasts Big Pharma for suing
The pharmaceutical industry is now “more hated than COVID-19,” Gov. Tim Walz said Wednesday as he ripped corporate drug giants for trying to stop a new Minnesota law requiring them to deliver insulin at little or no cost in emergency cases.
Muntaas Farah and Yezi Gugsa: Teenagers lead the charge in Rochester
In Rochester, the most recent iteration of the Black Lives Matter protests have been led by a group of teenagers who say racism in their largely white city is both subtle and exhausting.