Emergency preparedness training is planned for Tuesday on Macalester College’s campus, and the St. Paul fire department said Monday they want to reassure the public it’s a drill and not an emergency. Roads in the area will remain open, though … Continued
A Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension unit is pairing up agents with local law enforcement to focus on high-level violent crime, the agency announced Monday. The goals are to assist local agencies in finding and arresting people who are repeat … Continued
A second man has been charged in the Minneapolis shooting of an off-duty Eagan and Eden Prairie firefighter who prosecutors say was caught in the crossfire between two groups that exchanged more than 60 rounds of gunfire. Dallas Antonio Villarreal-Griffin, … Continued
LAS VEGAS — Abortion access advocates in Nevada said Monday that they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. Supporters … Continued
For a decade or more, organizers of the Lower Phalen Creek Project eyed the century-old Standard Oil warehouse as a potential home for a new nature and cultural interpretative center within the 27-acre Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary at the base … Continued
“Once again, the needs of the poor have been especially shut out of the state’s moral conscience, with our government refusing to include an increase to cash assistance grants in the budget.” Adi Talwar A since-shuttered public benefits office in … Continued