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Book 'without borders' by 80+ artists lets kids color outside the lines

Book 'without borders' by 80+ artists lets kids color outside the lines

Children are invited to use their imaginations to fill in the blanks in "Coloring Without Borders." The bilingual book was created to help immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
by Noel King

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Minneapolis homeless encampment officially cleared

Minneapolis homeless encampment officially cleared

Minnesota Department of Transportation workers on Friday finished installing the final pieces of chain link fencing around the site at Hiawatha and Franklin avenues.
by Matt Sepic

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Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban

Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban

The Supreme Court won't let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
by Associated Press

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Protesters question Sherburne Co.'s role in holding immigration detainees

Protesters question Sherburne Co.'s role in holding immigration detainees

Residents of Sherburne County have long accepted the county's contracts to house federal inmates in their local jail. But a couple Elk River churches have started questioning the county's role in housing ICE detainees and holding vigils to oppose a jail expansion.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Map: Black homeownership rates in Twin Cities are among the lowest in the U.S.

Map: Black homeownership rates in Twin Cities are among the lowest in the U.S.

Black households in the Twin Cities own their homes at far lower rates than white households, new analysis finds, a lingering effect of the Great Recession's ravages on the housing market.
by Cody Nelson

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Minnesota gains population but might still lose a House seat

Estimates posted Wednesday give Minnesota some sense of where it stands a little more than year out from the 2020 Census. Despite the better numbers, it may not be enough.
by Brian Bakst

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Move from Minneapolis homeless camp to temporary shelter is in final stages

Move from Minneapolis homeless camp to temporary shelter is in final stages

This was a significant week at the homeless encampment in Minneapolis. Most of the people living in tents along Hiawatha Avenue have now moved into what's called a navigation center.
by Manda Lillie and Angela Davis

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AP investigation: Migrant kids held in mass shelters

AP investigation: Migrant kids held in mass shelters

As the year draws to a close, some 5,400 detained migrant children in the U.S. are sleeping in shelters with more than 1,000 other children. Some 9,800 are in facilities with 100-plus total kids, according to confidential government data obtained and cross-checked by The Associated Press.
by Associated Press

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'Come to take you home': A pipe, a tribe and a quest to reclaim the past

'Come to take you home': A pipe, a tribe and a quest to reclaim the past

When a pipe sacred to the Dakota surfaced at auction last spring, Prairie Island leaders made it their mission to bring it back. But the odds were long, and the quest meant revisiting a horrific chapter of Minnesota's past.
by Mark Steil

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