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Sign up for the upcoming (and only) Twin Cities-centered newsletter from @nytimes.com, hosted by myself and @jaygabler.com The Local: Twin Cities will curate a blend of essential, delightful, and meaningful information relevant to readers in Minneapolis and St. Paul. www.nytimes.com/newsletters/...

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The latest news, culture and sports from the Twin Cities, co-hosted by Minnesotans Shadi Bushra and Jay Gabler.

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Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate! ☪️ I’m hoping all enjoy the day of spirituality, community, and accomplishment after this Ramadan’s unique hardships for Minnesotan Muslims amid the ICE crackdown, @minnpost.bsky.social

Dan Haugen@danhaugen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Just posted: @shadib.bsky.social with an Eid al-Fitr dispatch from Holy Land in Northeast Minneapolis.

Ditto, everyone was everywhere all at once, and I hope our readers understand this otherwise shocking violence even a tiny bit better. Check out @danhaugen.bsky.social for a run down of the stories our small but mighty team pulled together on.

Dan Haugen@danhaugen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Proud of the work our team at @minnpost.bsky.social did today. We are not built for breaking news, but our reporters and editors sprang into action to gather and share stories and information to help all us start to process today's events.

Amid fears of ICE raids, Minneapolis businesses say some customers are scared and staying home, by @shadib.bsky.social

In Minneapolis, ICE raid fears have some customers scared, staying home

Businesses are also providing support for employees who are worried about harassment or wrongful detention after ICE raids.

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Yes, housing does seem to be the common denominator in economists' views of what is keeping the working class out of the middle class, and keeping middle-income Minnesotans from gaining equity and feeling more comfortable in their circumstances

Nick Erickson @nserickson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

From MinnPost: In a K-shaped economy, is there anything Minnesota can do to bridge widening gaps? (And yes, housing is the top mention) www.minnpost.com/economy/2025...

How is Minnesota's economy doing? Increasingly, it depends on who you are. A great explainer by @shadib.bsky.social on what the country's K-shaped economy looks like here.

How’s Minnesota’s economy? It depends on your income bracket - MinnPost

On paper, Minnesota’s economy looks solid, but on the ground the story feels different for many. Economists say both impressions are true.

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Part 1 of 3 in a series I wrote on Minnesota’s diverging economy/ies. Thank you Joe and Barry for bringing me into your financial realities and letting me share them with our readers! www.minnpost.com/economy/2025...

How’s Minnesota’s economy? It depends on your income bracket - MinnPost

On paper, Minnesota’s economy looks solid, but on the ground the story feels different for many. Economists say both impressions are true.

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I haven’t ready the other finalists, but did happen to go right through Booker prize winner Flesh by Hungarian-British writer David Szalay. If you like the idea of negative space in visual art, imagine it being used in text. This review might explain better. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

'Flesh' wins 2025 Booker Prize: 'We had never read anything quite like it'

David Szalay uses spare and sparse language to follow one Hungarian-British man from his teen years through middle age. The prestigious prize honors the best English-language novels published in the U...

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RSF forces have forced army to withdraw from El Fasher, effectively consolidating control in the vast region of Darfur, amid reports of civilian massacres —Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city taken by militia group - BBC News

Wanted to thank the experts at @umnsph.bsky.social and @taxfoundation.bsky.social for weighing in on the health and economic concerns around Minnesota's increased cannabis tax for this article www.minnpost.com/state-govern....

Can Minnesota cannabis dispensaries compete with black market weed?

Minnesota's 15% tax on cannabis products solved a budget problem, but some worry it will drive buyers away from regulated, legal dispensaries.

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www.minnpost.com/economy/2025... Latest on the politicization of data -- data we all somehow, somewhere use to understand the world around us.

Minnesota economists, researchers fear politicization of jobs data - MinnPost

Other data exists from other federal, state and private sources, but would be hard to replicate the breadth of what BLS provides.

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www.minnpost.com/state-govern... “Man, I wish I could remember him” — my colleague and I dive into the advisory board that was the crux of misinformation that the suspected Minnesota assassin was an “employee” of the governor

Demystifying Vance Boelter’s unremarkable tenure on state board

Those who served with him have little recollection of suspected murderer’s time on the nonpartisan Governor's Workforce Development Board.

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www.minnpost.com/mental-healt... Here’s hoping this expanded wing of Anoka treatment center is built soon and that those suffering in jail and hospitals get the help they need

Expanded Anoka mental health hospital could reduce use of jails

For years local jails have swollen with mentally ill Minnesotans, because of limited capacity at secure state hospitals.

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To reiterate, it took 4 hours of a special session that leaders hope will last less than 24 hours to pass this one bill, with 13 more to go. The MN Senate, which will now move on to the MinnesotaCare bill, got through five bills in the same time period.

MN House passes, after 4 hours of debate, the measure that will take away access to MinnesotaCare from undocumented adults. The 68 "ayes" were all 67 of the chamber's Republicans, plus DFL Speaker Melissa Hortman, who struck the budget deal that led to this measure. Rep. Fischer (DFL) abstained.

Final tally for Rep. Sencer-Mura's aforementioned amendment, which failed: All 67 Republicans voted red, 64 DFL voted green, and three DFLers did not vote (Speaker Melissas Hortman, Rep. Peter Fischer, and Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley). pbs.twimg.com/media/GtA6Da...

Re: Bill ending access to MinnesotaCare to undocumented adults, Rep. Sencer-Mura introduced amendment that allows continued access for 1) underage who will age out, 2) those over 59 y.o., 3) those with "critical health conditions". Amendment failed 64-67.

Brings to my mind why the Univ of MN Twin Cities - under investigation by the feds - has stayed mum about what, if anything, they may do to push back, even as other Big Ten schools try to band together.

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · last yr.

Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w... remarkable foresight (if true) on the part of Soviet operatives

As the Soviet Union Fell, Did the K.G.B. Leave a Gift in Brazil for Today’s Spies?

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Looks like House GOP members are making it an even tougher sell that their party represents the working class, a key but fickle Trump constituency, pushing back against the president’s suggested tax increases on the ultrarich and private equity in their draft tax bill www.axios.com/2025/05/15/t...

Republican tax bill has some surprising winners and losers

The overall trend is the highest earners will see a bigger boost for income after taxes.

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Have not been great at posting my articles in a timely fashion, but that ends now! Here’s the latest on the wildfires up north and how this intense fire season fits into Minnesota’s history: www.minnpost.com/environment/...

Minnesota's 3 major wildfires and how they compare historically

The three major wildfires are among more than 1,000 fires so far this year, which is on track to exceed state averages.

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