Social Issues

Couple's campaign changes newspaper's same-sex announcements policy
Kristy Wilke and Jessica Kitzman, both 26, plan to marry in Hackensack, Minn. next August. When Wilke's parents tried to take out an announcement in their hometown paper, the Omaha World Herald, the paper denied their request.
Feds arrest 370 criminal immigrants in Midwest bust
Federal officials announced Friday they had arrested 370 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally or convicted of other crimes as part of a three-day roundup in the Midwest.
A federal mediation session between the Minnesota Nurses Association and St. Mary's-Duluth Clinic has ended without agreement.
Supporters of Lino Lakes resolution say 'English only' term too divisive
A controversial resolution passed last month by the Lino Lakes City Council encourages the city government to provide official documents only in English, but supporters say don't call the measure "English only".
Welcoming new U.S. citizens in St. Paul
Nearly 400 people took the Oath of Allegiance in two naturalization ceremonies at Landmark Center in St. Paul, on Thursday, August 26, 2010. About 9,000 Minnesotans a year become citizens at similar ceremonies.