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Five years after George Floyd’s killing set off nights of destruction, vacant lots and broken buildings remain along Lake Street and other Minneapolis business districts. Some business owners say money woes and city zoning rules have made it hard to rebuild.
In the Isanti County woods, austere cabins at the Pacem in Terris center offer visitors silence, solitude and simplicity. Some people have profound spiritual experiences, some struggle with the silence while others simply crash and sleep for hours.
The paddlefish — named for its paddle-shaped snout — is a threatened species here, but now, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeing higher populations of paddlefish.
The wildfires that have scorched 45 square miles of forest in northern Minnesota were driven by unusually hot, dry weather and fierce winds. But a native insect called the spruce budworm also played a key role in creating a forest primed with flammable fuel to feed a raging wildfire.
🏛️ Minnesota lawmakers fail to finish budget on time, head toward special session
💸 House Republicans pass Trump's big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session
House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. Speaker Mike Johnson defied the skeptics within his ranks and muscled President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval.
⚖️Minneapolis will follow police reform consent decree, despite DOJ dismissal
✊🏿 ‘Stop Killing Black People’: How a Minneapolis designer branded a movement
Graphic designer and activist Terresa Hardaway created the bold “Stop Killing Black People” typeface as a protest tool during the George Floyd uprising, turning expressive, hand-drawn lettering into a widely distributed visual language of abolition that rejected commercialization and embraced mutual aid.
⚖️ U of M grad student released from ICE custody after judge's ruling
Doğukan Günaydın had been held in the Sherburne County Jail after being arrested by immigration authorities. A federal judge ruled this week that his detention violated his procedural due process rights. He was released Thursday.
⚡Two Native-led renewable energy nonprofits team up to fight ‘energy poverty’ in Minnesota
