By Tim Walker
A 2023 state law prohibits noncompete clauses in most employment contracts.
It is aimed at stopping, for example, one restaurant from preventing a competing restaurant from ...
By Jonathan Mohr
When her grandson was placed in foster care, Kynia Love began a three-year process to become his caregiver, even as he moved through six different foster homes. She was finally ...
By Mike Cook
A new state flag is scheduled to be flown over government buildings and schools throughout the state by this summer.
It came with some controversy with process and outcome.
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By Margaret Stevens
A first step has been taken to honor a beloved colleague, friend and mentor.
The House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would designa...
By Tim Walker
A recently released report from the Office of the Attorney General contains recommendations to protect Minnesotans, especially young Minnesotans, from the threats and harm of te...
By Brian Basham
Months of negotiations between legislators, school officials and the law enforcement community have led to agreement in the House on an updated school resource officer policy.
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By Miranda Bryant
More treatment and support services for youth and adults up to age 40 experiencing one of their first bipolar disorders or their first psychotic episode could become available.
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By Margaret Stevens
A 2023 law provided an historic $200 million for housing infrastructure bonds, but more than twice the size of that one-time investment is now being sought.
Rep. Michael How...
By Jonathan Mohr
An estimated 10,000 veterans and their families live within 75 miles of Bemidji, but the nearest state veterans cemetery is more than 100 miles away in Little Falls.
Minneso...
By Brian Basham
Imagine inhaling more than pack of cigarettes at work every day when you’re not a smoker. And you’re a health care professional.
Medical staff in operating rooms can breathe...
By Miranda Bryant
Nurses in acute care settings could refuse larger workloads and be protected from retaliation for doing so under a bill approved Thursday by the House Health Finance and Policy ...
By Tim Walker
Michael Brasel was murdered with a stolen gun.
The gun that ended his life on May 6, 2023, in St. Paul’s Saint Anthony Park neighborhood belonged to one of the killer’s fami...
By Brian Basham
When school administrators see a successful education model, they want to continue, expand and share that program.
Minnesota aims to do that with BARR — Building Assets, Red...
By Margaret Stevens
Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura (DFL-Mpls) sometimes thinks society has an abusive relationship with cars.
“We accept a lot of terrible things that come from cars that we would no...