Powderhorn Park neighborhood residents want a solution to homeless encampments by...
Tresa Kier is one of about 100 people who have moved into a homeless encampment in Powderhorn Park after officials shut down a nearby...
Walz calls special session for police reform, pandemic response
Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday called legislators back for a special session starting Friday, urging them to address police reform as well as the...
COVID-19 heightens fears about child hunger over summer break
Schools across the state saw their meal counts plummet this spring despite their efforts to make free meals accessible to families — amplifying concerns...
Walz reopens gyms, indoor restaurant dining and movie theaters
Gov. Tim Walz on Friday announced additional easing of COVID-19 restrictions, allowing Minnesotans to return to the gym, salons and indoor restaurant dining, albeit...
The twin crises of the pandemic and unrest should push us...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has made criminal justice reform one of his signature issues, arguing that the state was once a progressive trailblazer in...
Closed for the pandemic, opening during George Floyd protests
Gloria Morales is letting people know her hair salon is back in business with a sign in front of the shop reading “Salon Open.”...
Workers growing concerned about wage theft as bosses struggle with lack...
Workers are increasingly concerned about wage theft and other forms of labor exploitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the state Department...
Sweden and Norway took different approaches to COVID-19; the results are...
On May 2nd in the Los Angeles Times, Swedish Ambassador to the United States, Karin Olofsdotter wrote a commentary on why her country did...
Librarians, National Guard recruited for states’ new contact tracing armies
As states seek to loosen wide-ranging restrictions imposed to constrain the novel coronavirus, they’re also looking to deploy a huge new fleet of workers...
Living by the law
We have been friends and brothers for some time. Tragically, we came together after the shooting at Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation...