Month: October 2022

Advocates and agency leaders are concerned about the mental health of people and are ready to ask state legislators to make it easier for nonprofit workers to get a better wage….

Republican Jim Schultz pledged to add many new criminal prosecutors in Minnesota to the attorney general’s Office and to even bypass elected county attorneys to combat crime….

plus: Jury selection starts for Derek Chauvin’s trial; Metro Transit and the University of Minnesota offer heavily discounted student transit passes; Minnesota is ranked 10th in the employment related to the firearms sector; and many more….

Plus Traffic is back up, new resource hub for Afghan refugees, Black Garnet books are open; and many other things….

Morris students — a small, isolated island of diversity in an overwhelmingly white region — feel that the campus is not too diverse and often feel isolated….

PLUS: Omar attacks McCarthy in an ad, and Latinos claim that inflation is a top concern…

A generation of progressives was inspired by the senator’s tragic death in a plane accident two weeks before his election. They are now in power….

plus: U of M works on a plan to allow students to walk at graduation; Minnesota State submits its largest-ever state funding request; Voting rights organization promotes machine counting of votes; and many other things….

Plus: An increase in RSV cases, hospitalizations, and a complaint filed by DFL against Jim Schultz. Major travel to MEA is prohibited; COVID cases are low….

Omar’s popularity ratings in the state were low, but the poll showed that she was still very popular in her Minneapolis-based District….