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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 33m
Minneapolis now has the green light to increase its overall property tax levy by up to nearly 12% next year, which would translate into 20% property tax hikes for many homeowners, unless the City Council makes major cuts.
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Property tax hikes could hit double digits across Twin Cities and suburbs
Minneapolis and St. Paul have set their maximum levies, along with other cities and counties considering big hikes.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 2h
An analysis of University of Minnesota annual payroll data shows the number of employees in the administrative category has grown faster than any other employee group, including faculty, and their share of the total payroll also rose.
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Faculty have long alleged ‘administrative bloat’ at the University of Minnesota. We ran the numbers.
The number of administrative employees has grown faster than other groups, though U of M officials say the picture is more nuanced than the numbers suggest.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 3h
A Minnesota hunter and his dog got a lot more bird than they were seeking when they came across an emu in the woods Saturday.
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A Minnesota bird hunter and his dog flushed ... an emu?
No shots were fired in the encounter, which grew uneasy when the bird started pecking at the Oakdale man’s gun.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 4h
Minnesota's chief federal judge criticized the federal government's violations of court orders during Operation Metro Surge. Now the Trump administration is filing judicial misconduct complaint against U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz and seven other judges.
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DOJ files complaint against Minnesota’s federal judges over media comments
The complaint stems from comments the judges made in a New York Times article.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 6h
Republican Lisa Demuth’s first television ad of the general election accuses Sen. Amy Klobuchar of “securing” $1 million for Generation Hope, a Minneapolis nonprofit that has drawn scrutiny over its finances and operations. The catch: The money was never awarded.
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Ad check: What Republican fraud attacks on Klobuchar leave out
Generation Hope drew questions from Republican lawmakers, but it has not been charged with fraud or found to have committed wrongdoing.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 7h
Teams from across the U.S. and Canada will race upstream on the Mississippi River through Minneapolis on Saturday. Rowers will race against the clock, starting at the Lake Street bridge and racing upstream to the finish just beyond the Washington Avenue bridge.
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Some of the continent’s toughest rowers take on the Mississippi River
Teams from across the U.S. and Canada race upstream through Minneapolis. Plus, gear up for ski season and learn to track wildlife through the woods.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 9h
In the weeks since St. Paul ordered people out of an encampment at Pig’s Eye Park, many of those residents moved into another site near Shepard Road, now populated with 150 to 200 people.
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St. Paul encampment sprawls as city and county try to determine next moves
Near the Mississippi River, one site absorbed residents from another closed in August.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 10h
A Minneapolis educator alleges that Greg Bovino and other agents assaulted and wrongfully arrested him in January outside the school where he works.
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Minneapolis educator alleges federal agents assaulted, wrongfully arrested him during ICE surge
The special education assistant says he was arrested after standing nearby as agents tackled a colleague on the lawn in front of Roosevelt High School.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 20h
The top-seeded Lynx were swept in the first round of the WNBA playoffs by the No. 8 New York Liberty, losing Game 2 87-71 in Brooklyn.
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Live: Lynx trail Liberty by 12 at halftime in must-win Game 2 of WNBA playoff series
A loss tonight would end the top-seeded Lynx’s season. A victory sends the series back to Target Center for a decisive Game 3 on Thursday.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 21h
Live: Lynx trail Liberty by 12 at halftime in must-win Game 2 of WNBA playoff series
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Live: Lynx trail Liberty by 12 at halftime in must-win Game 2 of WNBA playoff series
A loss tonight would end the top-seeded Lynx’s season. A victory sends the series back to Target Center for a decisive Game 3 on Thursday.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22h
A loss tonight would end the top-seeded Lynx’s season. A victory sends the series back to Target Center for a decisive Game 3 on Thursday.
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Live: Lynx face Liberty in must-win Game 2 of WNBA playoffs
A loss tonight would end the top-seeded Lynx’s season. A victory sends the series back to Target Center for a decisive Game 3 on Thursday.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/09/2026
Minneapolis would be the first city in the U.S. to require monitors in driverless cars if the council gives final approval to the measure later this week.
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Minneapolis City Council signals it will require driverless vehicles to have drivers
The city would be the first in the U.S. to require monitors in driverless cars if the council gives final approval to the measure later this week.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
A group of local investors is making a play to save Pearson’s Candy, a beloved Minnesota confectioner slated to halt production this week.
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Local investors make a play for Pearson’s Candy, famed for the Salted Nut Roll
A group including former co-owner Larry Hassler is trying to convince the confectioner’s private equity owner to sell.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
A group of men stood outside a St. Louis Park Pilates studio last week and filmed women who were working out through the window.
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Pilates studio ramps up privacy after men film women’s exercising class through glass
A TikTok video captured the Friday incident and drew attention to the practice of “First Amendment auditing.”
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Star Tribune Going Out @stribgoingout.startribune.com · 29/09/2026
When French Meadow opened in 1985, it was at the forefront of organic baking, evolving into a beloved neighborhood staple known for its vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free foods using local ingredients.
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After 41 years and a contentious sale, French Meadow in Minneapolis has closed
The groundbreaking organic bakery and restaurant was the subject of litigation amid a changing of hands.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
The Supreme Court has let the Trump administration continue swiftly deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.
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Supreme Court lets quick deportations to third countries resume for now while it weighs Trump policy
The Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration continue swiftly deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
Ka Vang writes: Taxpayers funded a monthslong investigation into sexual harassment allegations by Police Chief Axel Henry against Mayor Kaohly Her. They should get to read it.
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Vang: Release the full report on the Mayor Kaohly Her investigation
Ka Vang writes: Taxpayers funded a monthslong investigation into sexual harassment allegations by Police Chief Axel Henry against Mayor Kaohly Her. They should get to read it.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
Michael Che's new standup special, "Shot in Minnesota," was taped in Minneapolis. Che has been a frequent visitor to the city, and during the taping called Minneapolis the new center of the civil rights movement.
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Michael Che's new Netflix special is 'Shot in Minnesota'
Live, or the next best thing, from First Avenue, the edgy act is slated to air in October.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
DFL Rep. Brad Tabke of Shakopee is again facing Republican Aaron Paul in a bellwether matchup. Immigration, affordability, fraud and taxes are all in the mix.
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Minnesota House control runs through a fiercely contested suburban rematch
DFL Rep. Brad Tabke of Shakopee is again facing Republican Aaron Paul in a bellwether matchup. Immigration, affordability, fraud and taxes are all in the mix.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/09/2026
HealthPartners and Essentia Health are proposing a merger that would create one of Minnesota’s largest health systems amid a wave of industry consolidation in the state.
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HealthPartners, Essentia propose merger to create one of Minnesota’s largest health systems
The deal is the third major hospital-merger proposal in the state in the last year.
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Star Tribune Sports @stribsports.startribune.com · 29/09/2026
Cheryl Reeve’s T-shirts always have something to say. Here’s the back story.
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Cheryl Reeve’s T-shirts always have something to say. Here’s the back story.
The Lynx coach uses her sideline wardrobe to support causes she believes in — and hears from fans who say the messages make them feel seen.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson said he inherited “frankly, a mess” in finances when he took over in June after former Police Chief Brian O’Hara was ousted for interfering in an investigation into sexual misconduct.
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Interim Minneapolis police chief says he inherited a budget ‘mess’
Police leaders acknowledged during a City Council budget meeting that overtime was handed out too loosely in years past and said they’re now monitoring it more closely.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
Minneapolis police officials admitted Monday that overtime has been mismanaged and abused in recent years, leading to record overspending.
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Interim Minneapolis police chief says he inherited a budget ‘mess’
Police leaders acknowledged during a City Council budget meeting that overtime was handed out too loosely in years past and said they’re now monitoring it more closely.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
Minnesota's newest mine is expected to provide an economic jolt to the state's steel industry. Company officials estimate 1,750 jobs and 10 million tons of steel a year will stem from the Iowa mill, which is slated to start production in 2030.
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Minnesota’s newest mine will power $15B Iowa steel mill
President Donald Trump announced the Mesabi Metallics project at the White House on Monday.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
A Minnesota Star Tribune analysis shows the state has lost 20 hospital-based obstetrics units in the past dozen years. As a result, roughly 67,000 women of childbearing age now live more than a half-hour from a hospital obstetrics unit, a figure that has increased by more than 30%.
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Minnesota’s disappearing delivery wards leave pregnant patients far from care
As rural hospitals struggle to make childbirth services financially sustainable, doctors warn that mothers and babies are bearing the risk.
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Star Tribune Sports @stribsports.startribune.com · 28/09/2026
McCarthy, the No. 10 pick in the 2024 NFL draft, started just 10 games for the Vikings. He lost the starting job this summer to Kyler Murray, whom Minnesota signed to a one-year deal this offseason.
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Vikings trade J.J. McCarthy to Giants. What does the move mean for their future at QB?
McCarthy, the No. 10 pick in the 2024 NFL draft, started just 10 games for the Vikings. He lost the starting job this summer to Kyler Murray, whom Minnesota signed to a one-year deal this offseason.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
In November 2022, Michele Tafoya published an open letter urging Trump not to run again. By August 2024, Tafoya reversed course, declaring, “I have come to like Trump so much more through the years.”
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From ‘difficult to accept’ to ‘he’s got a backbone’: Tafoya’s evolution on Trump
The Republican Senate candidate’s podcast shows her shift from discouraging Trump from running to praising his leadership.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 27/09/2026
Two St. Paul City Council members called on the city to release the full findings of an outside investigation into Mayor Kaohly Her.
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Pair of St. Paul council members call for full release of investigation into Mayor Kaohly Her
Molly Coleman and Saura Jost say the city’s two-page summary left unanswered questions about the mayor’s conduct and leadership.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 27/09/2026
Olivia Miles faces her toughest test as the Lynx dropped their playoff opener to the New York Liberty.
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Lynx star Olivia Miles conquered her rookie season. The WNBA playoffs are a different test.
New York made life difficult for the league’s top rookie in her postseason debut. How Miles responds to the loss could define her first playoff series.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 27/09/2026
Texas enters the day tied with Houston in the AL West race and needs a win to stay alive. Dean Kremer starts for the Twins against Rangers lefthander MacKenzie Gore.
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Live: Twins season ends today at Target Field. Will they spoil Rangers’ playoff hopes?
Texas enters the day tied with Houston in the AL West race and needs a win to stay alive. Dean Kremer starts for the Twins against Rangers lefthander MacKenzie Gore.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 27/09/2026
The top-seeded Lynx begin their postseason run at Target Center with a rematch of the 2024 WNBA Finals. Rookie star Olivia Miles returns from a calf injury for Game 1 this afternoon.
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Live: Lynx open playoffs against Liberty with coach Cheryl Reeve promising ‘great cinema’
The top-seeded Lynx begin their postseason run at Target Center with a rematch of the 2024 WNBA Finals. Rookie star Olivia Miles returns from a calf injury for Game 1 this afternoon.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 27/09/2026
People are turning to simpler phones, physical media and tactile hobbies as technology becomes more powerful and pervasive.
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In the age of AI, analog is having a renaissance
People are turning to simpler phones, physical media and tactile hobbies as technology becomes more powerful and pervasive.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 26/09/2026
Red Bull Flugtag returned to Minneapolis on Saturday, bringing human-powered aircraft and inevitable splashdowns back to the Mississippi River. 📹️ Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 26/09/2026
With polls showing President Trump’s approval rating continuing to slide, a growing number of Republicans in competitive races in Minnesota and across the country are taking steps to distance themselves from Trump.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 26/09/2026
Metro Transit’s Southwest light-rail line finally has an opening day: June 12, 2027
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Long-delayed Southwest light-rail line will open June 12, 2027
Also known as Green Line Extension, the $2.86 billion line grew into one of the costliest public works projects in state history.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 26/09/2026
A federal judge has ruled the end of Operation Metro Surge means residents and journalists who alleged immigration officials violated their constitutional rights cannot sue to restrict agents’ future tactics.
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Lawsuit alleging ICE violated Minnesota observers’ rights is dismissed by judge
A federal judge ruled the end of Operation Metro Surge and the drawdown of agents means plaintiffs lack standing to sue.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 25/09/2026
Only modest savings would come from consolidating Minneapolis schools. The district would instead spend freed up money in new ways across the shrunken district, by ensuring students in every building have access to equal programming and academic interventions, district leaders said Friday.
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Minneapolis schools expect little savings from closing buildings
District leaders didn’t answer whether staff layoffs would be needed after reshuffling students and closing some schools.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 25/09/2026
University of Minnesota President Dr. Rebecca Cunningham received a contract extension in July, including about $2 million in retention and possible performance benefits in addition to her $1.1 million base salary and retirement contributions.
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Faculty and students critical of $225 million in cuts at University of Minnesota
On Thursday, the U shared plans to make big cuts soon, just days after Minnesota State Colleges and Universities announced plans to “rightsize” their whole system.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 25/09/2026
John and Yvette Hoffman, survivors of the state’s most shocking act of political violence, called the Hennepin County Court process deeply retraumatizing.
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Hoffman family blasts Vance Boelter legal defense strategy as ‘a clown show’
John and Yvette Hoffman, survivors of the state’s most shocking act of political violence, called the Hennepin County Court process deeply retraumatizing.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 25/09/2026
See inside the historic rowhouse here: bit.ly/47fuA0C
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Rowhouse inspired by 19th century Paris for sale on Minneapolis’ Nicollet Island
The 1877 Second Empire rowhouse survived the wrecking ball decades ago. It’s the last remaining rowhouse complex built by lumberman and miller William W. Eastman.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 25/09/2026
Rowhouse inspired by 19th century Paris for sale on Minneapolis’ Nicollet Island: The 1877 Second Empire rowhouse survived the wrecking ball decades ago. It’s the last remaining rowhouse complex built by lumberman and miller William W. Eastman.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 25/09/2026
The story behind the controversy surrounding St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her: The St. Paul police chief sued the mayor for sexual harassment and battery, days after an investigation appeared to clear the mayor of harassment. 🎧️ bit.ly/4ht0YSj
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 25/09/2026
There has been near-silence from leaders in St. Paul and in Minnesota about the police chief's lawsuit against the mayor. Former City Council member Kathy Lantry, one of the few to speak out, called the lawsuit "a snowball of distractions."
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St. Paul leaders silent as police chief’s lawsuit against mayor looms
Chief Axel Henry’s lawsuit against Mayor Kaohly Her, alleging that she sexually harassed him, has thrust the city’s leadership into uncharted territory. With an investigative report soon to be released, elected city council members have little to say publicly.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 25/09/2026
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities’ top leader says officials must act urgently to “right-size” the system, and likely will have to close some campuses.
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Some Minnesota State campuses likely to close amid financial strain
The warning comes the same week the U of M says it needs to cut its budget by $225 million.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/09/2026
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Minnesota and the Twin Cities over state law requiring a 30-day waiting period for a firearm purchase, arguing the statute violates the Second Amendment.
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Justice Department sues Minnesota, Twin Cities over firearm purchase waiting period
The lawsuit is the latest in a number of legal actions by the Justice Department against Minnesota.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/09/2026
Northeast Minnesota tribes are calling on the state to order a wide-ranging environmental study of mining’s effects across the Arrowhead, a move that comes during an uptick in mining activity and controversy.
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What has mining done to northeast Minnesota land? Tribes want the state to find out.
The request comes as mining activity accelerates across the Iron Range, including at U.S. Steel’s Minntac mine, where a pending permit has raised concerns about sulfate pollution and wild rice.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/09/2026
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, a Republican, called for an end to the U.S. war in Iran on Thursday, saying the conflict is “hurting Minnesotans” by raising the cost of living.
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Lisa Demuth breaks with Trump and calls for end to Iran war
The GOP candidate for governor is the latest Republican to distance themselves from an increasingly unpopular president amid the conflict.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/09/2026
The University of Minnesota on Thursday announced $225 million in cuts over two years across all five of its campuses, starting with the 2027-2028 budget cycle. U officials just made cuts in June, with about 230 jobs planned to be cut then, some through layoffs and others through attrition.
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University of Minnesota to cut $225 million from budget across all campuses
It comes after the U approved a budget in June raising students’ tuition by 3.8%, the sixth consecutive year of increases for the U.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/09/2026
Minneapolis renters facing displacement from historic homes on Nicollet Island that are slated to be sold are rallying to pool their money and win support to buy the homes themselves.
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Nicollet Island renters are fighting to keep their historic homes
A group of longtime renters on Nicollet Island are trying to save their Victorian homes before they're sold from under them. Some have lived there for more than 40 years.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/09/2026
Under the settlement agreement, Partners in Nutrition will dissolve and turn over its remaining money to the Minnesota Department of Education, which paid out the funds as part of a federal meals program for needy children.
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Fraud-plagued nonprofit reaches $18.5 million settlement with state
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison also said he’s recommending criminal charges against one insider.
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