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Minneapolis, Minnesota · MinneapolisEvery legislator in Minnesota has received calls from constituents concerned about the ongoing opioid crisis. The Sahan Journal recently covered the opioid crisis in Minnesota, validating the concerns we’ve received from our constituents. This crisis isn’t unique to any state, district, city or neighborhood — and it is certainly far too prevalent in mine. As we search for potential legislative solutions in the coming session, I’ve kept my eye on…See the Story
Passage of Alternatives to PAIN Act would protect seniors
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Native American · MinneapolisRaymond Derby never knew much about his great-grandparents’ lives a century ago at an Indian boarding school in southeastern Minnesota — only that they were among the thousands of students who attended the school over a 60-year period, from 1893 to 1953. Today, however, he knows his great-grandmother was a “strong-willed” woman who ran away from the Pipestone Indian Training School to elope with his great-grandfather, thanks to the National Nat…See the Story
Records shed light on Indian boarding school in Pipestone
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Tim Walz · GazaWASHINGTON — Those on a short list to be Kamala Harris’ vice president, including Gov. Tim Walz, may be coy about their ambitions, but they are furiously auditioning for the job. Walz this week has had a whirlwind schedule as he had appeared on as many news channels as possible and taken to social media as never before to attack the Donald Trump-JD Vance ticket. On Sunday afternoon, just hours after Biden dropped out of the presidential race and…See the Story
Tim Walz auditions for vice president, but he has some competition
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Minneapolis, Minnesota · MinneapolisOriginally published by The 19th The place was empty except for Jenny Nguyen and the cable guy, who had just finished hooking up the two TVs. Soon, this small room in Portland, Oregon, would be the nation’s first women’s sports bar. It would rarely know quiet like this again. Nguyen flicked through the TV schedule and found two college women’s basketball games. She put one on each screen, and settled into a brown leather booth across from their…See the Story
A Bar of Their Own puts women's sports front and center
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Minneapolis, Minnesota · MinneapolisMPR’s Chandra Colvin reports the Minneapolis City Council approved $250,000 for an initiative that provides local artists and organizations with a break on rent to fill empty downtown storefronts. Jeremy Olson with the Star Tribune reports the 4th of July was a COVID-19 super spreader with positivity rates tripling over the past month. Bring Me the News reports the Minnesota Department of Health has confirmed three cases of measles in unvaccina…See the Story
Minneapolis initiative provides rent break to fill empty storefronts
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Tim Walz · PalestineTorey Van Oot with Axios reports on concerns of transparency from Gov. Tim Walz following a comment he made about texts he received during the 2024 legislative session. Axios requested the text messages through state public records laws but was told the messages didn’t exist. MPR’s Jon Collins reports on a lawsuit filed against Edina by a man who was subdued by Edina police in 2019. WCCO reports an eviction lawsuit against MyPillow’s facility i…See the Story
What's the deal with Tim Walz's disappearing text messages?
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Minneapolis, Minnesota · MinneapolisThe Minneapolis Behavioral Crisis Response team has responded to more than 10,000 calls for service since shifting to 24/7 service a year ago, the nonprofit told a Minneapolis City Council committee on Wednesday. At the end of June, the crisis response program, operated by Canopy Roots, completed its first full year of 24-hour service as a team of mental health responders dispatched by 911, and the increased hours led to a dramatic increase in s…See the Story
Minneapolis behavioral crisis team responds to over 10,000 calls
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Marijuana · MinneapolisThe real-life manifestation of the most significant change to Minnesota cannabis law began with the flip of a switch Wednesday. That’s when the Office of Cannabis Management opened its application window for a precious batch of preapproval licenses for would-be cannabis businesses that have been verified as involving social equity applicants. This application window runs until 11:59 p.m. on Monday, August 12. There will be other windows. But thi…See the Story
Cannabis license application period finally opens in Minnesota
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