Minnesota's legislative session begins Jan. 31, and with a Feb. 15 deadline looming and few signs of compromise, it's likely a judicial panel will make the final call on the state's new maps for congressional and legislative districts.
Alec John Baney, 17, was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct against a juvenile victim on Sept. 7, 2021, following a varsity football practice at Proctor High School, St. Louis County Attorney Kim Maki said in a news release.
State regulators said they wouldn't enforce the vaccine or testing requirement following the high court's ruling, but recommended that employers take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
On Jan. 12, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar met with infrastructure leaders to discuss spending priorities for the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in northwest Minnesota.
After seeing negative impacts on learning and student mental health during sustained periods of distance learning over the pandemic, going back online is a move school leaders are still reluctant to take.
The National School Boards Association asked the FBI to address harassment and threats at school board meetings across the country as parents packed meetings to oppose COVID-19 precautions and the way districts handled topics like race and gender.
Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday said the state would use federal funding to hire temporary health care staff to deploy around the state. Minnesota hospitals said the backup was welcome as they reported staff vacancies fueled by the omicron variant.
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill issued an order Wednesday morning, Jan. 12, granting a request by defense attorneys and prosecutors to move the trial but did not set a new date.
With Dennis Banks and others, Bellecourt in 1968 co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM), a grassroots group of Indians in Minneapolis that inspired a generation of Native activists on reservations and inner cities across the country.
