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Biden visits the Twin Ports to advertise Blatnik Bridge rebuild money

President Joe Biden surveying the John A. Blatnik Bridge beside construction staff, state and native officials in Superior, Wisconsin, on Thursday. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Christa Lawler and Jana Hollingsworth on the Star Tribune...

Biden touts rural achievements as a part of ‘barnstorming’ tour

President Joe Biden talks to attendees at Dutch Creek Farms in Dakota County, Minnesota on the primary stop of his rural investment tour. Photo by H. Jiahong Pan The Biden administration is in the ultimate days of a two-week national rural...

During Minnesota visit, Biden says a humanitarian pause in Gaza is required

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. While speaking at a fundraiser in Minneapolis on Wednesday, President Joe Biden was interrupted by protestors demanding he call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Biden responded that he thinks there...

‘Let Dean be Dean’? Muted response from Minnesota Biden backers as Phillips looks to make a splash in Latest Hampshire

On this June 2023 file photo before a procedural vote on the debt ceiling, Rep. Dean Phillips was photographed standing proudly on the House floor with each a red card (for no) and a green card (for yes) in...

Biden launches 31 technology hubs nationally, including Minnesota MedTech 3.0 in St. Paul

The Biden administration on Monday designated 31 technology hubs spread across the country — including St. Paul — to assist spur innovation and create jobs in industries similar to artificial intelligence, precision medicine and clean energy which have previously...

Phillips is considering a Recent Hampshire presidential primary run. Here’s how he could beat Biden

Rep. Dean Phillips Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON —Rep. Dean Phillips appears to be inching towards a choice to run against President Joe Biden in next 12 months’s presidential primaries. Phillips, D-3rd District, last week spoke with Ray Buckley, the chair of...

D.C. Memo: Phillips, other Dems, defend Biden and decry impeachment calls; Sheletta Brundidge’s trip to D.C.

Hunter Biden has been indicted on charges he had possession of a gun while using narcotics. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The D.C. Memo is a weekly recap of Washington political news, journalism, and opinion, delivered with a watch toward what matters for Minnesota....

Biden administration, advocates ramp up efforts to deal with Indian boarding schools’ painful legacy in Minnesota and other states

A priest and students posing in front of Saint Benedict's Indian Industrial School, newly reconstructed in 1886. Saint John's Abbey Archives WASHINGTON — Time spent at an Indian boarding school in South Dakota led to a long time of struggles for...

Dean Phillips on CBS: Consequences of Democrats not replacing Biden for president ‘are going to be disastrous’

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. MPR News and others are reporting that Democratic U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Third District, told CBS’s Face the Nation that he has not made a call about running for president...

Real World Economics: For Biden, it’s the ‘no respect’ economy

Edward Lotterman No respect! No respect in any respect! Joe Biden may feel that Eighties gag line hitting home when he reads polls indicating that the U.S. public thinks he’s doing a foul job on the economy. This despite the fact...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...