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Minnesota saw record number of visitors in 2023
Read More: Minnesota saw record number of visitors in 2023Via WJON News: State tourism officials say a record 80.2 million people visited Minnesota last year and spent a record $14.1 billion. Nick Halter at Axios reports Minnesota restaurants are grappling with how to adapt to a new state law that will ban them from adding fees to customers’ checks. Charles Curtis at USA Today…
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Minnesota can lead the way in treating sickle cell disease
Read More: Minnesota can lead the way in treating sickle cell diseaseCityscape | Twin Cities urban geographer Bill Lindeke weighs in on city life, transportation, planning and more in his column delivered to your inbox weekly. As a Minneapolis City Council member and former director of Health Policy and Advocacy at NorthPoint Health & Wellness, I’ve spent decades working to advance health equity in our communities.…
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Minnesota Star Tribune seeks donations to stabilize revenue
Read More: Minnesota Star Tribune seeks donations to stabilize revenueIn October, the Minnesota Star Tribune launched its Local News Fund, a charitable fund under the umbrella of the Minneapolis Foundation. The endeavor puts the newspaper into a new niche of nonprofit media, joining the ranks of MinnPost, Sahan Journal, Minnesota Public Radio, and the Minnesota Reformer, to name a few. The Strib’s quirk is it is not…
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Indigenous Dakota artists give Minnesota a map makeover
Read More: Indigenous Dakota artists give Minnesota a map makeoverThe following is the first installment of “Reimagining Rural Cartographies,” a new Barn Raiser series exploring innovative and nontraditional forms of mapping. It is guest-edited by Lydia Moran and funded by Arts Midwest’s Creative Media Cohort program. At the southeastern edge of the Twin Cities, the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers converge at a place known in the Dakota…
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Minnesota legislative posturing, position-setting starts for GOP, DFL
Read More: Minnesota legislative posturing, position-setting starts for GOP, DFLIt was one of the first virtual gatherings of Minnesota legislative leaders ahead of a session that will require a level of bipartisanship not seen for at least four years. One body is tied. One body has a single-vote DFL majority. A must-pass budget comes amidst a tight surplus followed by a deficit. The governor’s…
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Highest number of whooping cough cases reported in a decade in Minnesota
Read More: Highest number of whooping cough cases reported in a decade in MinnesotaStar Tribune reports Minnesota has reported 2,324 cases of whooping cough this year, the highest number since 2012. “Health officials expected the spike because the disease peaks every three to five years. Whooping cough cases are increasing across the country, signaling a return to more typical trends seen before a drop-off of many contagious illnesses…
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Tribal lender charging 800% APR will stop operating in Minnesota
Read More: Tribal lender charging 800% APR will stop operating in MinnesotaProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. A new settlement that will end a payday-like loan operation in Minnesota puts additional pressure on a Native American tribe that has been on the defensive for its high borrowing rates across…
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Medica shuts down Minnesota HQ following shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Read More: Medica shuts down Minnesota HQ following shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEOStar Tribune reports Medica shut down Minnesota headquarters due to safety concerns as the manhunt for UnitedHealth CEO killer stretches into day three. Via FOX9: “Americans’ positive views of the quality and coverage of U.S. health care has reached its lowest point in more than two decades, according to a recent poll by Gallup.” The…
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Minnesota AG sues former superintendent over hedge fund scandal
Read More: Minnesota AG sues former superintendent over hedge fund scandalVia Bring Me the News: “Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the former superintendent of a St. Paul charter school who lost the school $4.3 million after illegally investing in a hedge fund in 2019.” KARE reports Maple Grove police have detailed bomb threats and suspicious activity threats against the late UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian…
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Budget surplus projected, but future deficits loom in Minnesota
Read More: Budget surplus projected, but future deficits loom in MinnesotaMinnesota state economists Wednesday projected that the surplus for the next state budget will be $616 million, far less than legislators have become accustomed to and signaling a less-ambitious budget when the Legislature convenes in January. Minnesota Management and Budget released the basic numbers Wednesday morning and will release a more-detailed account of its projections…
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Blake Lively accuses director, co-star of “It Ends with Us” of sexual harassment, smear campaign
Actress Blake Lively accused “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexually harassing her and seeking to smear her reputation after she spoke out about a “hostile work environment” that nearly derailed the film. In a legal complaint filed this week, Lively alleges she raised concerns about inappropriate behavior by Baldoni, who…
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Sacramento deputies arrest man on suspicion of beheading baby son
A Sacramento County father has been arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, sheriff’s officials said. Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and booked Friday on felony charges of murder, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and corporal injury on a spouse in connection with the child’s death, according to…
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