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WASHINGTON - The last few years have seen the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians reopen a juvenile justice facility that sat empty for a decade, establish a "last chance" school for students on the verge of expulsion, and raise the number of youth screenings for mental health problems, drug addiction and domestic abuse. Leaders of this northern Minnesota band credit these measures for a 16-month stretch with no suicides among its youth, bucking a persistent crisis that has plagued Indian reservat...
So we're starting the House floor session with no supplemental budget bill posted electronically by the Revisor's Office -- a 600-page document that spells out the details of how lawmakers will spend the state's surplus on education, broadband, equity and many other areas. Michele Timmons, the revisor of statutes, said the document would not be ready until as late as 7, and that it would take a half-hour just to print out a few copies for the House and Senate. The House has to vote for the spending package before sending it to the Senate...
Chants and drum beats opened a mayoral forum Thursday evening at an American Indian art gallery, where the gaggle of candidates criticized Columbus Day and promised to include local tribes in their decision-making if elected. Contenders have also appeared this election season before crowds of African-American and East African citizens, pledging to create more diverse administrations and lift up all corners of the city. But this latest event was a first for some of the candidates, who...
Minnesota ranks fourth in the nation for a key indicator of food stamp fraud, federal statistics show, and the government wants to make it harder to carry out the scheme. The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed rules Thursday that would allow states to better hold accountable citizens who make an excessive number of claims that their benefit cards have been lost or stolen. Such activity is considered a red flag for a type of food stamp "trafficking" that entails a recipient selling their food debit card to a buyer at a discount in exchange...
