The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Individua...

The drugmaker Alkermes said a therapy called an orexin agonist for the first time showed potential to treat people with ADHD in an early-stage study.

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Trump's proposed SBA size standards could accelerate the corporate consolidation the agency was established to fight

Minnesota’s labor market faced some turbulence over the past year, in part from the surge in immigration enforcement over the winter that left many immigrants afraid to leave their homes to work and s...

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is currently accepting public comments on the Magellan / ONEOK Pipestone pipeline project (PUC Docket No. IP-7109/PPL-23-109), a proposed reroute of an 8-inch diameter gasoline and refined petroleum products pipeline that has been shut off since 2022. The reroute skirts the Pipestone National Monument, a site of importance to […]

Hyperscale data centers’ real-world resource demands impact many aspects of our lives: energy, water, air, noise, light, land use, public trust, and the economy, to name a few. Yet Minnesota’s so-called “nation-leading” data center law passed in 2025 only addresses energy and some economics—namely taxes—leaving communities around the state scrambling to understand and address the laundry list of potential negative impacts, virtually on their own. If hyperscale data centers plan to operate in Minnesota, our communities need these legal protections at a minimum.

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

Parties in complaint by Upper Sioux Community against Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association file final arguments before Public Utilities Commission acts.

Tell the DNR your concerns about the proposed Talon Nickel Mine  Talon Metals wants to build Minnesota’s first nickel mine near Tamarack in Aitkin County, about 50 miles west of Duluth. The proposed mine sits in a landscape of wetlands, lakes, rivers, and groundwater that feed both the Mississippi and St. Croix watersheds. The Minnesota Department […]

The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy sued developer Ryan Cos. and the city of Pine Island, arguing that the environmental review of the data center known as “Project Skyway” was inadequate. A judge agree to temporarily halt construction until the case is decided.

The Trump administration is attempting to keep our taxpayers shouldering the climate costs that Big Oil companies racked up, while blocking our state from having its day in court.

In the days following the Border Patrol killing of Alex Pretti, his colleagues at Department of Veterans Affairs clinics and hospitals across the country held vigils in his honor. The VA opened invest...

In the context of disabled lives in Minnesota today, the draft plan is especially disappointing.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it will not release a Minnesota woman facing deportation on humanitarian parole to receive surgery to remove a painful, tennis ball-sized ovarian cyst at ...

Deaf immigrants have been held in detention for months, without the free access to video phones that they are legally entitled to.

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The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.

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Democrats have offered cussing and scolding after the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. We need a real plan of attack, now.