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Klobuchar, Demuth have school plans, but neither addresses funding challenges
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Republican state Rep. Lisa Demuth’s plans for reforming Minnesota’s public education system lack details about the need for funding.
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Report: Minnesota’s home insurance rate rose more than any other state in first half of 2026
Minnesotans are paying more in home insurance premiums while insurance companies are covering less than expected.
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Billionaire Glen Taylor’s right-hand man is a political player supporting Lisa Demuth for governor
A close friend and coworker of the richest Minnesotan/owner of the Minnesota Star Tribune is raising questions for his involvement in this year’s gubernatorial race.
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Report: Federal judge says rule of law was threatened during Operation Metro Surge
A federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration’s unprecedented actions during Operation Metro Surge threatened the rule of law.
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Demuth proposes teacher performance pay, wants changes to free school meals
GOP governor candidate Lisa Demuth wants to make multiple changes to Minnesota’s education system, like giving teachers performance pay and ending free school meals for certain children.
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Hoping customers would return after Operation Metro Surge, immigrant businesses are still waiting
Local immigrant businesses in the Twin Cities began hurting before Operation Metro Surge and continued to decline through it. Now, they need customers to come back to survive.
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Appleton area could lose more than $800,000 per year in revenue following government prison purchase
A shuttered private prison in Appleton was sold to the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year. Now, the city will see a massive loss of revenue due to the federal ownership.
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth releases fraud prevention plan
Rep. and GOP Minnesota gov. candidate Lisa Demuth released a skimpily-detailed fraud prevention plan while attacking her DFL opponent, Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
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Independent ICE flight tracker marks 5,000th detainee flown out of MSP
On Tuesday, August 18, flight data activist Nick Benson marked the 5000th ICE detainee to leave from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.
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Gov. Tim Walz signs executive order banning nonferrous mining near Boundary Waters
Walz’s executive order, if it stands, would likely kill a proposed project from Twin Metals — a subsidiary of the Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta — which wants to extract copper, nickel, cobalt and other valuable metals from underground veins near Ely and Babbitt, about a dozen miles from the wilderness area.
