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Kitchen Coalition expands beyond Twin Cities with restaurant-style meals to needy

Hilda Landy, left, and Luz Astudillo, both with Kitchen Coalition, packaged meals of tofu curry to be delivered to student housing last week at the Campus Club at the University of Minnesota.

— Anthony Souffle, Star Tribune

Second Harvest started the program to put restaurant workers and caterers back to work when kitchens closed at the start of the pandemic.

State's LGBTQ lawmakers flex political power at the Capitol

Leigh Finke, center, the first transgender person elected to the Legislature, attends the first day of the 2023 legislative session.

The Legislature's first Queer Caucus is advocating for bills that would ban conversion therapy for minors and make Minnesota a refuge for the transgender community.

Minnesota nonprofits seek a slice of state's $17.6 billion pie

Dawn Williams, a volunteer, stocked a freezer with pork on Jan. 24, 2022, at the Southern Anoka Community Assistance Food Shelf in Columbia Heights.

The requests come as grants to nonprofits are under increased scrutiny because of the FBI's Feeding Our Future investigation and a new report reviewing state agencies' oversight.

Beargrease racers set off, as Ryan Anderson eyes fifth title

Colleen Wallin and her sled dog team take off first from the start line of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon Sunday, Jan. 29, in Duluth.

The 39th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog races started Sunday morning on the grounds of Billy's Bar on the outskirts of Duluth. Seventeen teams started the 300-mile race that winds up the North Shore.

300 rally for police reform in St. Paul after Tyre Nichols killing

Hollies Winston takes over as Brooklyn Park's first Black mayor

Hollies Winston was elected as Brooklyn Park’s first Black mayor, and addressing crime, boosting economic development and improving living condition

Building relationships is a top priority, he says.

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Bloomington makes fresh pitch to Legislature for a local sales tax

Cities that did not get state approval for sales tax requests last year are trying again this legislative session.

Chiefs top Bengals 23-20 on last-second kick for AFC title

Patrick Mahomes scrambled for a first down on his badly sprained right ankle, then was shoved late out of bounds by Joseph Ossai, giving Harrison Butker a chance to kick a 45-yard field goal with three seconds left that gave the Kansas City Chiefs a 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC title game Sunday night.