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Minnesota AG’s evidence portal draws nearly 1,500 submissions in first month
41+ min ago (575+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. A Minnesota Attorney General's Office website soliciting evidence to hold federal immigration agents accountable had received nearly 1,500 submissions as of this week, according to the office....
Minnesota prosecutors worry they lack the staff to charge offenders
50+ min ago (316+ words) Plus: That's a lot of snow; notes from those trapped inside; did Operation Metro Surge make Minnesota more polarized? Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. In the wake of mass resignations at…...
The regrettable failure of Northstar commuter rail
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (706+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. One early 2026 casualty: the quiet demise of the Northstar commuter rail, a doomed 40-mile commuter rail service from downtown Minneapolis to Big Lake, about two-thirds of…...
MN educators, parents share immigration enforcement experiences
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (1051+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. An elementary student walking to the bus stop alone, their parents watching from their window." A middle schooler whose parents weren't home when she got back…...
How a defendant in Minnesota went free because of Justice Department turmoil
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (1146+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. With a three-decade record of violent crime that includes strangling a pregnant woman and firing a shotgun under a person's chin, McKay was scheduled to stand…...
MN-born comedian Jenny Zigrino wishes algorithms were funny
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (721+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Jenny Zigrino would like more time to make people laugh. But the reality of the comedy industry demands long hours of humorless skills: "How do I…...
This Minnesota town is the only one to sign an agreement with ICE
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (212+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Observers in Twin Cities suburbs say they are not seeing a "drawdown" of immigration enforcement activities in their cities, CBS News reports. "We are not seeing…...
Why a plan to use Twin Cities warehouses to hold immigrants failed
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (1151+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. WASHINGTON " Minnesotans have been fighting President Donald Trump's massive crackdown on undocumented immigrants in other ways besides street protests and rapid action deployments. A major component…...
Why Xcel’s bid to reinvent the virtual power plant is so controversial
12+ hour, 31+ min ago (1147+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Back in the summer of2024, Minnesota utility Xcel Energyproposed anovel approachto buildingvirtual power plants, the networks of rooftop solar systems, home batteries, and other energy equipment that…...
Local control on issues big and small is the backbone of Minnesota democracy
12+ hour, 31+ min ago (721+ words) Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Most people have no idea what a charter commission does. I was no different until I began serving on city commissions in Coon Rapids. I started…...