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On Friday night, word finally came that the federal judge Claudia Wilken had approved one of the biggest settlements in college sports history.
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Each Friday, our cast of locals who know Minnesota inside and out share the places worth a look, stories worth attention and events worth your time and money.
U leaders proposed a 7% cut in academic programs and a 6.5% tuition increase for undergraduate, in-state students at the Twin Cities campus, the biggest increase in 14 years.
“Terroristic” is a bad look for law enforcement of any level. “Reactionary” is a bad look for everyone else.
When West Seventh Pharmacy closes, St. Paul will lose a piece of history and personal care.
![Three weeks ago, Octavio Rodriguez switched from making transmission parts to casting parts for hospital bed brake assemblies at Twin City Die Castings. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Thursday, April 9, 2020 How employee-owned Twin City Die Casting, which just laid off 40 production workers of its 250 employees in what was supposed to be a good year, is trying to accelerate its pivot to growing medical parts business for ventilators, hospital beds, etc as it copes with instan](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/WNZYKGTZ5IYMUCO3KI5TR3N7WI.jpg?&w=80&ar=1:1&fit=crop)
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