Dana Ferguson and Clay Masters at MPR News are reporting a Democratic state lawmaker-elect, Curtis Johnson, is barred from taking the oath of office after Ramsey County District Judge Leonardo Castro ruled Friday that the candidate had failed to comply with state residency requirements, putting the 67-67 tie in the Minnesota House in peril and giving Republicans a line on a slim majority.
Ian Russell at KARE 11 is reporting the St. Paul Public School district board has voted unanimously to offer the superintendent job to Dr. Stacie Stanley, the current superintendent of Edina Public Schools.
Callan Gray at KSTP reports the Minnesota Department of Corrections sent out a memo in October that limited book purchases by inmates to Hamilton Books, HarperCollins, and Penguin Random House. Amazon and Barnes & Noble purchases are not allowed.
David Schuman and Stephen Swanson at WCCO News checked in with the Minnesota State Patrol following Thursday’s snowfall. Between midnight and 8:30 p.m., there were 453 crashes with 38 resulting in injuries and one fatality; 281 vehicles went off state roadways; 37 semis jackknifed and more than two dozen spinouts were reported.
Adam Uren at Bring Me the News reports police responding to a call of a suicidal male found the bodies of a man and a woman in a vehicle at Duluth International Airport on Thursday.
Christina Cauterucci at Slate muses on all of those Harris-Walz camo caps: “Campaigns try to ignite the American imagination, to conjure fantasies of a brighter tomorrow or stir up fears of a nation in decline. Swag from a losing campaign provides a lasting container for those visions. It suggests an alternate history, a route not taken that could have led to a million different worlds better or worse than this one, in a concrete physical form.”
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel hasn’t forgotten about Tim Walz:
Best gift ever. Thanks @jimmykimmel pic.twitter.com/gjxEl8y3z9
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) December 20, 2024
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