Minnesota
Eighth Circuit Takes Up Case of Union Solidarity
The world’s largest food distributor squared off against one of America’s largest labor unions in an Eighth Circuit courtroom Wednesday over Minnesota members refusing to cross a picket line set up by an out-of-state union branch.
Read moreMinnesota For-Profit Colleges Ordered to Refund Student Money
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld orders requiring two for-profit colleges to refund tuition money to hundreds of former students defrauded by false assurances about a criminal justice degree.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Divorces Husband in Minnesota
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has divorced her husband in Minnesota, a month after she filed a petition saying there was an “irretrievable breakdown” in their marriage.
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The Minnesota Department of Health sued the Water Gremlin Co., of White Bear Township, to prohibit it from processing and handling lead until it helps identify people who suffered high levels of lead in their blood, clean up their residences and institute preventive measures, in Ramsey County Court.
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Minnesota Clergy Want Bishop’s Name off ICE Building
Clergy and immigration activists in Minnesota are trying to remove the name of a revered bishop from a federal building where hundreds of deportation orders are issued every year, calling the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown an affront to his memory.
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ACLU Sues Minnesota to Restore Voting Rights for Convicted Felons
Four convicted felons sued the state of Minnesota Monday seeking the restoration of their right to vote.
Read moreTrump Goes Hard Against Biden and Impeachment Probe at Minneapolis Rally
President Donald Trump was given a warm welcome by a packed crowd of supporters in heavily liberal downtown Minneapolis as he laid into Democrats Thursday night and defended the call he made to Ukraine that landed him in an impeachment inquiry.
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Trump Trades Insults With Minneapolis Mayor
President Trump traded Twitter insults Wednesday with the mayor of Minneapolis over a bill for $530,000 in security costs for his rally at a downtown arena.
Read moreMinnesota Court Strikes Down Coercion Law on Free Speech Grounds
Minnesota prosecutors charged a man under an unconstitutional statute after he threatened to send video of his ex-girlfriend talking about marijuana to her employer, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
Read moreJudge Rejects Environmental Challenge to Minnesota Copper Mine
A federal judge in Minnesota dismissed eight environmental groups’ challenges to the construction of an open-pit copper mine that they argue will destroy protected habitat and imperil several species in the Superior National Forest.
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Environmentalists Fight Minnesota Copper Mine
Three environmental groups sued the Army Corps of Engineers in federal court Tuesday, seeking to block a Minnesota copper mine they say would destroy wetlands and wildlife habitat.
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Minnesota Oil Pipeline Poses Dilemma for Democrats, but not GOP
A divisive fight over the future of a crude oil pipeline across Minnesota is pinning presidential candidates between environmentalists and trade unions in a 2020 battleground state, testing their campaign promises to ease away from fossil fuels.
Read moreMinor-Party Petition Rules Roil Minnesota Libertarians
Minnesota Libertarians brought a federal complaint Wednesday over a state law that bans voters who sign their party petitions from voting in primary elections.
Read moreR. Kelly Faces New Sex Crime Charges in Minnesota
Already facing charges in Illinois and New York, singer R. Kelly’s legal troubles piled up higher Monday as Minnesota prosecutors announced two counts of engaging in prostitution and solicitation.
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