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Proposed ‘modifications’ to Minnesota marijuana law range from licensing to expanded medical home grow

The lead sponsors of 2023’s recreational cannabis law are sensitive to suggestions that the sweeping law needs “fixing.” Such a word is perhaps interpreted as endorsing Republican talking points that the bill — together with much of the work...

Task force has a variety of ideas to alter Met Council structure, but is there enough support for any of them?

The Metropolitan Governance Task Force, created within the 2023 transportation budget, is approaching its final meetings before a Feb. 1 deadline. MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan A special task force taking a look at ways to restructure the Metropolitan Council could...

Employees on the Iron Range wary of purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese company

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Reuters reports Nippon Steel, a Japanese company, has acquired U.S. Steel in a $14.9 billion deal. Duluth News Tribune reports people on the Iron Range employed by U.S. Steel are...

Minnesota legalized marijuana. Now it’s giving a Missouri-based company as much as $15 million in forgivable loans to grow it on the Iron Range

Marijuana plants like these might be grown in a former wood products facility in Grand Rapids. REUTERS/Washington Alves A Missouri-based cannabis company on Tuesday scored a serious investor for a project to construct a big grow operation in Grand Rapids: the...

Q&A: Organizing for racial justice on the Iron Range in Chisholm

Chisholm, Minnesota Creative Commons/August Schwerdfeger Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Every day Yonder. Each week, Path Finders encompasses a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you see here? You'll...

Iron Range man found dead in freezer, authorities investigating

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Authorities in Iron Range are investigating the death of a person who was found dead in a freezer, Duluth News Tribune writes.  Paul Ehlen, owner of Bloomington-based Precision Lens, died in...

Black woman coaches Mesabi Range men

One other View In 2020, Tamara Moore became the primary Black woman head coach of a men’s college basketball team within the nation when the North Minneapolis native was hired by Mesabi Range (MN) Community College. Junior college ball is seen...

Will the Iron Range finally go red? Control of Legislature could hinge on 7 seats in northeastern Minnesota

State Rep. Dave Lislegard, DFL-Aurora, (right) talks to Craig Johnson on the late September "Honktoberfest" event in Biwabik. MinnPost photo by Walker Orenstein .mp .chart {margin-bottom:0;} .mp .credit {margin:0; padding:0;} The century-old Nick’s Bar within the small Iron Range city of Gilbert...

Iron Range Sen. David Tomassoni dies at 69

State Sen. David Tomassoni, center, watched as Gov. Tim Walz signed laws on March 30 that will provide $20 million in grants for ALS research and $5 million for ALS caregiving. MinnPost photo by Tom Olmscheid Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s...
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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...