Twin Cities developers, city leaders bet big on converting office buildings to homesWith Twin Cities office space increasingly empty post-pandemic and the region’s rising need for housing, city officials and builders see a generational chance to transform empty buildings into livable downtown spaces. But it’s not an easy path.
A year after Minnesota became a trans refuge, ‘transplants’ make themselves at homeLast year, DFL lawmakers adopted legal protections for those seeking gender-affirming care in the state and those who provide it. Hundreds have made the move as a result.
Play7min 48secAs Olmsted County shifts left, political observers see battle brewing over control of a complicated electorateNot long ago, Olmsted County was once a reliably Republican regional center. Today, it’s a solidly Democratic outpost, where highly educated voters are consolidating in Rochester and reshaping the county’s electorate.
State Senate ethics committee to probe DFL senator’s burglary arrestThe Senate’s Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct is due to meet Tuesday to consider complaints against two sitting members of the Minnesota Senate.
St. Cloud State University leaders recommend major cuts in degree programs, facultySt. Cloud State University administrators recommended discontinuing 46 of the university’s 136 degree programs, including criminal justice, Spanish, gender and women’s studies, sociology, physics, environmental science and economics.
St. Paul police officers fatally shoot womanSt. Paul police officers fatally shot a woman Monday night at a home on the city’s east side. Police said the officers shot the woman after she pointed a gun at them.
Introducing Reverb, an MPR News initiative covering younger MinnesotansReverb is an initiative from MPR News focused on serving younger (and young-at-heart) Minnesotans. Find us at @mprnews and #reverbmpr.
Lee Hawkins: Tips and advice from his search through family historyVeteran reporter Lee Hawkins, Jr., and host of a new APM Studios podcast “What Happened in Alabama?” shares insights into exploring his family history as part of his podcast and upcoming book, “Nobody’s Slave.”
Play6min 13secExpert: University of Minnesota agreement with protesters is ‘quite remarkable’University of Minnesota administrators are expected to begin disclosing the school’s investments in publicly-traded companies based in or doing business with Israel on Tuesday. It’s part of an agreement they reached last week with pro-Palestinian student protesters.
2 killed in house explosion in Mille Lacs CountyAuthorities say two people died when a house exploded early Tuesday in Mille Lacs County, north of Princeton.
Woods Richardson allows 1 hit in 6 shutout innings with 8 strikeouts as Twins beat Mariners 3-1Simeon Woods Richardson pitched six shutout innings of one-hit ball and the Minnesota Twins scored twice in the seventh to beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 in the opener of their four-game series.
Toronto treads lightly, choosing 4th-place Minnesota over 3rd-place Boston as PWHL playoff opponentThe two teams who finished with identical 12-9-3 records, with Boston having the tie-breaking edge. Of all the aspects taken into consideration, among the most important, perhaps, was the fear of providing their opponent any additional motivation entering the best-of-five semifinal series, which opens in Toronto on Wednesday.
How the government is trying to stop rogue brokers from plaguing ACA enrolleesFederal regulators are trying to prevent bad actors from switching unknowing consumers' Obamacare coverage. Their fixes risk making enrollment so cumbersome that people won't want to sign up.
Play2min 07secEdwards, Towns lead Wolves’ 106-80 blitz of Murray, Jokic for 2-0 series lead over champion NuggetsAnother dominant performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves has the reigning but reeling NBA champion Denver Nuggets on the cusp of a stunning early exit from the playoffs.
2024 Met Gala Red Carpet: Looks we love Monday is the Met Gala, known as fashion’s grandest event, where celebrities from various realms come together at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate fashion and each other.
‘Not possible’ to deliver as many meals as Feeding Our Future defendants claimed, school official saysA Shakopee school district official testified Monday that it would have been impossible to deliver food in the quantities allegedly claimed by the defendants in the Feeding Our Future trial.
The clock is ticking to fix Social Security as retirees face automatic cut in 9 yearsSocial Security's finances have improved slightly in the last year. But the popular retirement program still faces big challenges including the threat of automatic benefit cuts in less than a decade.
Play6min 19secAhead of Tuesday address, Minneapolis mayor discusses housing and homelessnessAhead of his State of the City address Tuesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey spoke with MPR News host Tom Crann in a wide-ranging interview. On the agenda: a tough 2024 budget year, potentially steep property tax increases, homeless encampments and the city’s housing wins.
Red Lake mother charged with murder, arson and child neglect after Amber Alert and house fireThe indictment charges Jennifer Stately, 35, with premeditated murder, felony child neglect and murder while committing arson.
Trespassing charges dropped for all 9 anti-war protesters arrested at U of MAccording to court documents, charges were dropped because of “prosecutorial discretion.”