Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth came out on top in a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor in straw polls held across the state Tuesday night at GOP precinct caucuses. Of the 12 candidates listed on the ballot, Demuth … Continued
Minnesota’s teachers union and two school districts are suing to block immigration enforcement at public schools. In a civil complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, plaintiffs Education Minnesota and Duluth and Fridley public schools argue the enforcement has “caused … Continued
Art museum curator and director David A. Ross has left his post at the School of Visual Arts in New York after the latest release of documents about Jeffrey Epstein revealed his friendship with the convicted sex offender. Ross, who … Continued
For the second year in a row, the Minnesota Orchestra posted an operating loss in the millions in its fiscal year 2025, the organization announced Tuesday. The orchestra has total net assets of $187 million and no debt. Revenues totaled … Continued
Gordie Bailey had a burning-hot hatred of buckthorn. Bailey, the former president and chairman of the board of Bailey Nurseries in Newport, was “a one-man buckthorn eradication machine,” said Pat Bailey, one of his sons. He estimates his father removed … Continued
By TOM DAVIES and ISABELLA VOLMERT, Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, a crewcut-wearing Indiana Democrat who was a leading foreign affairs voice during three decades in Congress and helped oversee investigations of the Sept. 11 … Continued