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After near-strike, University of Minnesota officials to consider new service worker deal

The union represents about 1,500 custodians, cooks, groundskeepers and other service workers at the five campuses, including the University of Minnesota Duluth.

November 23, 2022 04:26 PM

By Joe Bowen

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UMN regent resigns as vice chair after backlash from 'diversity' comments

Sviggum was met with backlash by members of the public as well as other regents after questioning if the University of Minnesota-Morris had become too diverse of a campus.

October 25, 2022 01:32 PM

By Hunter Dunteman

Minnesota

Over 100 Minnesota judges are up for election. Only one race is contested

Only five challengers have defeated incumbents for seats in Minnesota's district courts in the past 13 elections, but one Scott County attorney believes he can become the sixth.

October 22, 2022 08:00 AM

By Hunter Dunteman

Minnesota

A UMN Regent asked if Morris was ‘too diverse.’ Met with backlash, he apologized

While initially justifying his comments as "just a question," another regent said Steve Sviggum wouldn't have asked unless he believed the answer could have been yes.

October 21, 2022 03:33 PM

By Hunter Dunteman

Minnesota

University of Minnesota service workers vote to strike

By an overwhelming margin, Teamsters Local 320 members at all five campuses agreed to the action. Union leaders plan to file notice with the state and university.

October 10, 2022 06:32 PM

By Joe Bowen

Local

Study: Warming climate to create 'impoverished version' of northern forests

Northern Minnesota research published in the journal Nature found modest warming may devastate some tree species.

August 10, 2022 10:23 AM

By John Myers

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Minnesota maternal mortality study reveals racial disparities in deaths

The Minnesota Department of Health's first-ever such study finds high disparities among Indigenous, Black persons, with most deaths in the months following giving birth associated but not related to pregnancy.

August 05, 2022 10:15 AM

By Paul John Scott

Minnesota

Warren, Minnesota, hosts state pilot program to design sustainable future

Since 2020, the town of 1,600 people has been participating in a Minnesota Design Center pilot project called Design for Community Regeneration, or D4CR, to imagine a future that addresses food, water and energy security, economic opportunities and social cohesion.

July 17, 2022 07:33 AM

By Ingrid Harbo

Minnesota

First Native American appointed to University of Minnesota Board of Regents

Johnson, 65, is a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa who lives in Duluth. He retired last month as the University of Minnesota's first senior director of American Indian Tribal Nations relations.

July 14, 2022 10:16 AM

By Dan Kraker / MPR news