A plume of PFAS chemicals under the east metro is moving. The state has a plan to stop it.
Preliminary plans would include a broad and complex system of wells to control the underground flow.
After a bumper crop of new sales taxes approved in 2023, legislators look at limits
Legislators could rein in what kinds of projects can be paid for with sales taxes in the future.
Hennepin County paid $240K to settle former Sheriff Hutchinson's workers' comp claim
More than $47K from the settlement went to pay off county vehicle and guardrail destroyed in drunken driving crash.
Newspaper boxes repurposed as 'Save a Life' naloxone dispensaries
Jim Barrett and Andrew Kamin-Lyndgaard of Minneapolis created Little Free Libraries for naloxone and fentanyl testing strips as part of a growing effort to expand access to the overdose-reversing medicine.
Think twice about buying carbon offsets when you fly
Airlines are moving away from the practice and toward broader strategies to combat climate change. Do your research if you buy them.
Rep. Omar's daughter arrested, suspended from college for pro-Palestinian protests
Rep. Omar had questioned Columbia University's president about campus protests a day earlier.
Local
Back to blue: Lake Harriet Band Shell renovation almost finished
30 days in jail for ex-school choir director in northwestern Minnesota who sexually assaulted girl
Hopkins parents charged in 9-year-old daughter's asthma death
Four Minnesotans catch salmonella in outbreak linked to basil sold at Trader Joe's
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Sports
Wild fall to Kraken in final game: 'Disappointing. Just like our season.'
Edwards cooks up the chemistry that keeps Wolves positive
Columnist's behavior marred Caitlin Clark's news conference
Former Hopkins basketball star transferring from Michigan to U
Business
Conservative lawmakers lead objections to Vista's deal to sell Federal ammunition to Czech firm
Burnsville woman's sinus surgery went great — until she got the $32,449 medical bill
Cargill to sell group of grain elevators to CHS Inc.
Ramstad: Misinterpreting data led me to the wrong conclusion about Minnesota retirees
Opinion
For this Minnesota legislator, action targeting child abuse is intensely personal
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Politics
Former Gov. Jesse Ventura boasts he could beat unpopular Trump or Biden if he ran for president
After a bumper crop of new sales taxes approved in 2023, legislators look at limits
Conservative lawmakers lead objections to Vista's deal to sell Federal ammunition to Czech firm
Minnesota plan to close state addiction treatment facilities faces pushback
Nation
Jury selection could be nearing a close in Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York
Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve
EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup
4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday
World
Iran fires at apparent Israeli attack drones near Isfahan air base and nuclear site
Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber as Moscow's missiles kill 8 Ukrainians
Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria
Israel gave US last-minute warning about drone attack on Iran, Italian foreign minister says at G7
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Celebs
Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate's cancer diagnosis
Prince's sister Tyka Nelson will give her farewell performance at the Dakota
Britain's Prince Harry formally confirms he is now a US resident
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