5+ hour, 52+ min ago  (201+ words) Minnesota has no laws prohibiting aimless or purposeless driving. A recent online post features a fake press release stating Gov. Tim Walz signed a new bill into law banning "cruising around" or "driving with no place to go." The release…...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago  (18+ words) Hennepin County reports success with public health approach to opioid response program and will help replicate it statewide....

2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (702+ words) Aimee Bock ran'Feeding Our Future, which had claimed it helped provide millions of meals to children in need during the pandemic. The U. S. Justice Department, however, said she was atop the "single largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country." "I understand…...

12+ hour, 41+ min ago  (250+ words) As fire crews extinguish the remaining hot spots in the Flanders wildfire, investigators with the Department of Natural Resources say they have located the fire's origin and identified people of interest who could face criminal charges, MPR News reported Wednesday....

17+ hour, 14+ min ago  (890+ words) Residents, historians and storytellers have shared the story of Rondo, a historically Black neighborhood in St. Paul slashed by the midcentury construction of Interstate 94, in many ways. There have been documentaries, works of historical fiction, memorials and even a themed…...

14+ hour, 16+ min ago  (1402+ words) Jane E. Kirtley is retiring May 25 as the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota's Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her name should be familiar to anyone interested in media law. For decades, she's…...

14+ hour, 16+ min ago  (207+ words) Steve Sack editorial cartoon: Prices up, polls down Minn Post Steve Sack is drawing again, and publishes an editorial cartoon, like this one on grocery prices and President Donald Trump's poll numbers, on Minn Post each Thursday. For more on…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (341+ words) Tears, enthusiasm, hard work and long hours were on display during the legislative session that ended earlier this week. A tumultuous year in Minnesota resulted in a 2026 legislative session of response. The assassination of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman, the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (958+ words) DFLer Sandra Pappas and Republican Karin Housley, the respective Senate leads on capital investment, emerged from days of bonding bill negotiations Sunday calling each other "besties." Their representative counterparts, Fue Lee and Mary Franson, formed a unified "Team House" throughout…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (601+ words) Welcome back to Headwinds. The Heights system will use technology developed here in Minnesota to store and draw heat from an aquifer hundreds of feet underground. The aquifer stays about the same temperature year-round and can support a climate control…...