Carbon pipelines play key role in efforts to cut emissions, but landowners...
This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major...
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Artists explore indigenous histories, connection to nature in joint shows at...
The idea for “Mygration,” an installation by Swedish artist Stina Folkebrant and Sámi artist Tomas Colbengtson, began as a dream. “I have this dream, and I see the whole exhibition in my dream— with...
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Little Falls hospital, school district jump into the childcare fray
Jon Radermacher remembers searching around for child care as a first-time dad. He’s been through the process multiple times — and knows there’s something wrong. He moved from Madison, Minnesota, where...
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Promoters of physician-assisted suicide ignore ways that could improve...
Here we go again. The wealthy, white and disproportionately powerful lobby groups rabidly promoting doctor-prescribed suicide for people with disabilities are back at it in Minnesota. So bold, they...
View ArticleFire destroys Lutsen Lodge
Paul Walsh and Jana Hollingsworth Star Tribune report a fire early Tuesday destroyed the historic Lutsen Lodge on the North Shore overlooking Lake Superior. The lodge has been in operation for nearly...
View ArticleSt. Paul teachers union authorizes strike vote
Via Bring Me the News: The Saint Paul Federation of Educators has authorized a strike vote amidst stalled negotiations. “Teachers, educational assistants and school and community service professional...
View ArticleEthicist to University of Minnesota audience: Address health equity in...
While no one will escape the effects of climate change, its impacts “do not fall fairly” and require robust strategies to address health inequity, an ethicist told a group of University of Minnesota...
View ArticleMucci’s and Saint Dinette owner Tim Niver says challenges for restaurants are...
Tim Niver is owner operator of Mucci’s and Saint Dinette in St. Paul. One of the more outspoken restaurateurs in town, he also hosts the Niver Niver Land podcast, where he converses with chefs,...
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Today in Minnesota: Business thrives, inequalities widen, largesse and growth...
“Reappraising Minnesota” is a commentary series that seeks to re-evaluate Minnesota’s basic condition today and its evolution since 1973, when a Time magazine cover story praised it as “A State That...
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Trump’s legal team deserves credit for their work, not condemnation
While the lawyers representing former President Donald Trump have generally been derided by commentators, observers, savants and other know-it-alls, it might be time to take another look at their...
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