📃 And be sure to check out the MN Shortlist, your weekly curated roundup of recommended arts events from MPR News highlighting standout performances, exhibits and gatherings around the region.
ELECTION 2026
🎧 How would having a woman as governor change the Capitol issue set? MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with correspondent Dana Ferguson about the campaigns of Democratic nominee Amy Klobuchar and Republican nominee Lisa Demuth. Both have personal experience with breast cancer and both are talking about women’s health in a more-prominent way.
MPR's very own The Splendid Table is teaming up with celebrity chefs to answer your turkey or holiday cooking questions on this year's "Turkey Confidential" show. Want to ask a question? Submit a voice memo here and get a chance to be on the air!
If caught early, starry stonewort is no longer considered a death sentence for lakes. Still, a decade after it was first discovered in Minnesota, it remains a costly problem with no permanent cure.
Some residents say they’re frustrated that the community continues to flood during periods of heavy rainfall, and they accuse the city of doing little to prevent it.
👮🏻 St. Paul police chief sues Mayor Her, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation
The 73-page civil complaint, filed Wednesday morning in Ramsey County District Court by Henry’s attorney Chris Madel, includes allegations of unwanted touching, sexual comments and repeated attempts by Her to develop a closer personal relationship with Henry.
🍽️ Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals
🗳️ Minnesota’s U.S. Senate candidates are oddly quiet as campaign turns toward final stretch
The general election race for the U.S. Senate has been unusually quiet so far with few events and only a smattering of campaign ads. Will it stay that way?
💰 Liberian official’s Minnesota group home accused of overbilling Medicaid
👩🏻 In Minnesota’s governor race, breast cancer creates ‘a sisterhood’ among rivals
Minnesota is virtually certain to elect a woman as governor. That person, whether it’s DFLer Amy Klobuchar or Republican Lisa Demuth, will also be a breast cancer survivor.
🏳️🌈 Minnesota ACLU sues Detroit Lakes Public Schools over rainbow ban
On behalf of two students in the district, the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, along with Minneapolis-based firm Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, sued the district and four school board members over the ban on rainbow pride or “safe space” stickers.
🧑🏻🔬 Rochester’s biomedical startup economy is growing. Finding the right workers is harder
In Rochester, new biomedical companies are growing out of Mayo Clinic. And local leaders want those companies to stay and grow in the community. But finding the right workers with the right skills is a bigger challenge.
The attention on Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial resembles a “watershed moment” that occurred in Minnesota more than 20 years ago.
🧑🏻🚒 Minnesota DNR firefighters union says pay issues leading to burnout.
Contract issues tied to time off, compensation and overtime pay are leading firefighters to “push through fatigue, to push through burnout, to keep working to protect your income,” Meg Eiting, a DNR firefighter and union representative, told MPR News.
🍎 How climate is changing the apples you buy
MPR News chief meteorologist Ben Cathey spoke with Matt Clark, the director of research at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, and Sarah Kostick, a member of the University of Minnesota Apple Breeding Program, about how climate is changing apples and the way you buy them.
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