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Wildfire smoke is blanketing Minnesota. Stay inside, wear an N95 if you must be outdoors and protect your indoor air. More tips here www.startribune.com/wildfire-smo...
Wildfire smoke is blanketing Minnesota. Here’s how to stay safe.
The air quality in Minneapolis is among the worst in the world. Here’s how to avoid exposure to the fine particles that can damage your health.
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The Trump administration has ordered ICE officers to halt most vehicle stops while carrying out operations across the country, according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly about the directive.
ICE ordered to cease most vehicle stops after 2 killings in a week
The move comes as some influential lawmakers and state officials have demanded answers about the latest shootings.
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ADOPT THESE BEAGLES AND GIVE THEM THE BEST LIVES EVER (and if there are no more rescued beagles to adopt, adopt another dog and give it the best life ever)6
These caged beagles found their barks again. Now they just need homes.
Beagles rescued from the Ridglan research facility in Wisconsin have been making a joyful noise in their Minnesota foster homes.
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i don’t take myself seriously, so my first urge is to make fun of the fact that i made the Time100 Philanthropy list. but i really am honored. not just to be on a fancy list (w/my buds Messi and Shakira) and have my work seen, but to have gotten to help people in the place i love so much
TIME100 Philanthropy: Ashley Fairbanks
Find out who else is on the TIME100 Most Influential People in Philanthropy 2026 list
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Photos: The 51st Mayday parade, always a cathartic welcome for spring, was especially poignant this year after our particularly brutal winter. minnesotareformer.com/2026/05/03/m...
Melting ICE and welcoming spring at the 51st Mayday parade • Minnesota Reformer
After a remarkably difficult winter, the 51st Mayday parade in south Minneapolis was especially poignant. The festival of puppets, music and protest art has long highlighted immigrant communities and ...
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Rep. Elliott Engen, R-White Bear Township, on Friday said that he doesn’t like to listen to “nonsensical ideas” brought forward by lefty activists. That’s why he ditched a committee hearing in March to grab lunch at a local bar and have a beer.
Other Minnesota legislators also drink on the job, GOP lawmakers argue in defense of day drinking • Minnesota Reformer
Rep. Elliott Engen, R-White Bear Township, told members of a Minnesota House ethics committee Friday that he’s a good legislator who doesn’t like to listen to “nonsensical ideas” brought forward by le...
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After working three jobs, Jailynn Dickerson surprised her grandmother by purchasing the house back she once owned, which was sold three years earlier. What they didn’t realize was how many strangers would be moved by it, too.
This 21-year-old saved up for years to buy her grandmother’s house back
Jailynn Dickerson surprised her grandmother in a viral video after working three jobs to purchase back the house, which had been sold three years earlier.
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The prediction market platform Kalshi caught a Minnesota politician who traded on the outcome of his own election. State Sen. Matt Klein is a co-sponsor of a bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature that would ban prediction markets.
Minnesota Second Congressional candidate caught betting on outcome of his election
The candidate traded $50 on the prediction market platform. Any political insider trading violates Kalshi’s rules.
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Commentary: It was easy to get on MinnesotaCare. Once I no longer qualified, it took months to navigate the bureaucratic maze of our healthcare system. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/25/g...
Getting on MinnesotaCare was easy. Getting off it wasn’t. • Minnesota Reformer
Why was it such a kaleidoscopic maze?
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"Pregnancy is the only condition where FL courts have ruled that a patient can be forced to undergo unwanted treatment.Even a state prisoner on a hunger strike has more rights to make medical decisions. Those rulings give the state vast control over pregnant women" www.propublica.org/article/flor...
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...
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One St. Paul native dubbed Mancini’s “the supper club most likely to be chosen for cop retirement parties.” But, this winter, the timeless steakhouse became an unlikely hub of anti-ICE activism.
Yes, That Mancini’s: How a Legendary St. Paul Steakhouse Raised $35K for the Resistance - Racket
‘The Gathering for Good’ brought the West 7th neighborhood together.
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Ashley Fairbanks @ziibiing.com launched Stand With Minnesota standwithminnesota.com, a mutual aid repository supporting residents under ICE's siege, in early Jan. in the weeks since, it's facilitated covering people's rents and flown folks detained back home from Texas. she can help you do it, too.
She’s raised almost $20m to help Minnesota – she thinks you can do it too
Ashley Fairbanks launched Stand with Minnesota as ICE raids rocked her home town – now donations are pouring in, and families’ rent is being paid
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We’re looking for volunteers to share their social media feeds for a possible story about how algorithms shape people’s understanding of the ongoing immigration crackdown. If you’d be willing to share your own experience and insights, fill out the form below. www.startribune.com/what-kind-of...
What kind of immigration-related content are you seeing on social media?
Share your experience to help inform our reporting.
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if anyone is selling a ticket to sudan archives at fine line 2/7 let a girl know <3
"Journalists have not only the right, but the responsibility to observe and report events in the public interest. It is not illegal to document a protest against the federal government. The fact that the protest took place in a church does not negate journalists’ First Amendment rights to report."
Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists@mnspj.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns the wrongful arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon for reporting on a church protest in St. Paul. Read our full statement here: www.mnspj.org/2026/01/30/m...
Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance. They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along. They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids
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ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Another person in Minneapolis shot and killed by feds • Minnesota Reformer
Over 10 shots can be heard in the video, but it’s unclear if more than one agent fired a weapon.
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madi mcvan@madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 6mo agoSome images from the site where a man was shot by federal agents in Minneapolis today:
The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man, DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestled with man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm, as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
A federal appeals court has paused an injunction barring immigration agents from “retaliating” against peaceful protesters and observers in Minnesota. This photo from today shows a federal agent spraying a protester on the ground with a chemical irritant.
Live: Appeals court pauses order mandating ICE not ‘retaliate’ against protesters
A federal judge previously issued an injunction meant to prevent immigration agents from detaining and pepper-spraying ‘peaceful’ observers.
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The @startribune.com has done a ton of amazing and important work in recent weeks, but this story might be the best. www.startribune.com/the-trump-ad...
The Trump administration calls them the ‘worst of the worst.’ Here’s what we found.
The federal government has identified only a fraction of the immigrants it has detained. Many have violent criminal records, but few were wanted by police.
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