Minnesota, Idaho Governors Issue ‘Stay at Home’ Orders
The governors of Minnesota and Idaho issued “stay at home” executive orders Wednesday afternoon as the states’ latest step to fight the spread of coronavirus.
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Federal Judge Backs Mineral Leases in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
Advocates against mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters were hit with another setback Tuesday when a Washington, D.C., judge ruled that the Department of the Interior’s return of mineral leases to Chilean-owned mining company Twin Metals was legal.
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Minnesota Teachers End Strike After Union Reaches Deal
Striking St. Paul teachers are going back to work after union leaders reached a tentative agreement Friday with district administrators, citing the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak as a factor in the decision to settle their contract dispute.
Read moreClasses Canceled for 37,000 Students as St. Paul Teachers Strike
Public school teachers went on strike Tuesday morning in Minnesota’s capital city, demanding more support staff in the second-largest school district in the state.
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Anti-Bias Landlord Law Debated in Minnesota High Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a challenge to a state law preventing landlords from refusing prospective tenants based on their use of public assistant programs, notably federal housing vouchers.
Read moreJudge Rules Twin Cities Can’t Force Landlords to Give Tenants Voting Info
A group of landlords and a conservative election watchdog group in Minnesota’s Twin Cities prevailed Monday in their challenge against two city ordinances that required them to provide voter registration information to their tenants.
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Klobuchar Ends White House Bid Ahead of Super Tuesday
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination Monday after a slow start in early contests and a difficult lead-up to the Super Tuesday primaries.
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Minnesota Justices Revive Defamation Claims Over Cop’s Murder
The Minnesota Supreme Court handed down a tempered victory Wednesday for a man suing two media outlets, ruling that a defamation case against a local newspaper and a statewide television news channel needed closer scrutiny from a jury.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a former Minnesota Supreme Court candidate’s claim against a man who made statements referring to her arrest on suspicion of drunk driving and her involvement in a high-profile family law case. As a perennial candidate for public office, the plaintiff is a public figure and cannot maintain a defamation-by-implication claim.
Read moreVoting Rights
Two members of the St. Paul City Council and two community organizers, all of them Hmong, sued Minnesota in Ramsey County Court, claiming its criminalization of assisting voters who cannot read English or read a ballot is unconstitutional.
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Minnesota Regulators Pave Way for Contentious Oil Pipeline
Energy regulators gave the go-ahead Monday to a controversial Minnesota oil pipeline project, retreading a process that the state appeals court undid last year.
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Salt May Be Culprit in Tree Losses in Downtown Minneapolis
Minneapolis has planted hundreds of trees in the past few years in an effort to green up downtown, but many aren’t surviving past their first year.
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Minnesota High Court OKs $15 Minimum Wage in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld Minneapolis’ $15 minimum wage ordinance Wednesday, concluding a three-year battle over the pay hike in the state’s largest city.
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High Court to Decide Where Auto Giant Can Be Sued
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether Ford must go into courts in Minnesota and Montana to defend itself from claims that it should be held liable for car crashes that left a woman dead and a man with a brain injury.
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Minnesota Court Tosses Key Permits for Copper Mine
The Minnesota Court of Appeals set back a controversial mining project in the northern part of the state Monday when it ordered officials to hold hearings on three of the mine’s permits.
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Perennial Candidate Asks Minnesota Court to Let Him Take On Trump
An attorney argued Thursday before the Minnesota Supreme Court that Republican presidential candidate Rocky De La Fuente should be allowed on the ballot for the state’s March primary.
Read moreRevenge Porn Law
An appeals court in Minnesota overturned a statute outlawing the dissemination of sexual images of a person without permission, ruling that it is unconstitutionally overbroad and in violation of the First Amendment.
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With No Choice but Trump, Voter Sues Over Minnesota Primary
A Minnesota voter frustrated because President Donald Trump would be the only name on the state Republican primary ballot in March is challenging the move and muddying the launch of the state’s first presidential primary in decades.
Read moreReinstated Nickel Mine Lease Sends Minnesotans to DC
A pristine wilderness where Minnesotans go to fish, hunt and snowshoe is at risk of contamination from acid mine drainage, environmentalists and business owners warned a federal judge in Washington on Friday.
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