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A father and mother have been charged with neglect in the death of their 7-year-old son, who received no professional medical attention for his many bruises, wounds and emotional difficulties before he died on a vomit-stained mattress in their Plymouth home. Timothy D. Johnson, 39, and Sarah N. Johnson, 38, were charged in Hennepin County District Court last week by summons with gross misdemeanor child neglect in connection with the March 30, 2015, death of son Seth Johnson. The criminal complaints detail the extensive trauma that Seth endured...
A newly refurbished State Capitol was the backdrop Tuesday as 201 state legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton embarked on a debate about state spending over the next two years and, more immediately, an attempt to tackle rising costs in the state’s individual health-insurance market. Dayton offered the new session’s opening salvo by once again asking Republicans, now fully in control of the Legislature, to immediately pass his proposal to buy down steep health insurance premium hikes confronting an estimated 125,000 Minnesotans. They are facing cos...
WASHINGTON — The new GOP era in Washington got off to a messy start Tuesday as House Republicans, under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump, abruptly dropped plans to gut an independent congressional ethics board. The dizzying about-face came as lawmakers convened for the first day of the 115th Congress, an occasion normally reserved for pomp and ceremony under the Capitol Dome. Instead, House Republicans found themselves under attack not only from Democrats but from their new president, over their secretive move Monday to neuter the i...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is advancing one of the Democratic Party’s most popular ideas by proposing to cover tuition for low- and middle-income students at state colleges and universities. Any New Yorker accepted to one of the state’s community colleges or four-year universities would be eligible for free tuition provided their family earns less than $125,000 a year. The initiative would be phased in over three years, beginning for New Yorkers making up to $100,000 annually in the fall of 2017, increasing to $110,000 in 2018, and rea...
Hundreds rallied against the North Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project in Pasadena on Monday during the annual Rose Parade, which is a traditional part of New Year’s celebrations in the California. Protesters carried banners reading “No DAPL” and “Water is life” as they sang Native American songs and chanted slogans against the project. Although the Army Corps of Engineers has halted the construction, the participants expressed concern that the new administration may turn it back. Since its official approval in August of 2016, and even befo...
US contractor Energy Transfer Partners dismissed rumors that permits for Dakota Access pipeline construction expire in early 2017. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — ETP' permits to finish construction of the Dakota Access pipeline are net set to expire in early 2017, ETP spokeswoman Vicki Granado told Sputnik. The construction of the $3.7 billion pipeline is complete except for the crossing under Lake Oahe, Granado noted. Read more: https://sputniknews.com/us/201701041049241731-dapl-permit-not-expiring/...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man and a woman who hung from the rafters during a Vikings game and unfurled a banner in protest of the Dakota Access oil pipeline entered U.S. Bank Stadium with tickets, and stadium officials said Tuesday that protesters hid their climbing equipment under winter clothing. Three people were arrested Sunday after two protesters rappelled from the roof of the Minnesota Vikings' stadium during their season finale against the Chicago Bears. The game was not interrupted, but eight rows of fans seated below the protesters were e...
Indigenous activists are focusing on the Dakota Access pipeline’s finances before Donald Trump takes office in an effort to further strain the oil corporation and cause continuing delays that they hope could be disastrous for the project. After the Obama administration denied the company a key permit to finish construction, Native American activists warned that the win was only temporary and that Trump, an investor in the pipeline corporation, would seek to quickly advance the project next year. http://www.thisisinsider.com/...
Mashantucket — Two newly elected members of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council began three-year terms Tuesday following an inauguration ceremony in the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. Crystal Whipple and Merrill Reels were elected Nov. 6 in balloting among the tribe’s members. The seven-member council governs the tribe and oversees its gaming enterprise, including Foxwoods Resort Casino. The other members are: Rodney Butler, chairman; Richard E. Sebastian, vice chairman; Jean Swift, treasurer; Roy Colebut-Ingram and Dan...
FALMOUTH - The treasurer of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to drunken driving after he was arrested on New Year's Eve, according to police and court documents. Robert Hendricks, 39, of East Falmouth, pleaded not guilty to operating under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and marked lanes violation. Hendricks crossed over the fog line while driving on Pitch Pine Lane in East Falmouth at 1:25 a.m., police wrote in their report. Hendricks then turned on his turn...
Mitch Bourbonniere began 2016 helping hundreds of Winnipeggers look for Cooper Nemeth, a search that ended when the slain 17-year-old's body was found. Bourbonniere wrapped up the year helping Winnipeggers conduct a search for another missing teen, which ended when he rescued her from the river. It was a haunting theme of 2016: a lot of Winnipeggers went missing. A lot of Winnipeggers searched for them. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-search-missing-champions-1.3916812...
PINE RIDGE, S.D. — A Pine Ridge man, 26, has been indicted for second degree murder for allegedly shooting a man in the stomach during an argument and killing him. Thomas Joseph Brewer appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann last week and pleaded not guilty to the charges. The maximum penalty upon conviction is life imprisonment. http://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/2017/01/pine-ridge-man-charged-in-shooting-death-on-reservation/...
FARGO — Gov. Doug Burgum spoke for about 34 minutes in his inaugural State of the State address to the North Dakota Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 3. He covered some things you'd expect him to cover, including lowering property taxes (blah), re-inventing state government (blah, blah), and making downtowns walkable and attractive to talented young people (blah, blah, blah). These are the ways he's going to Make North Dakota Great Again, to cop a line from the presidential candidate Burgum strongly backed in the November election. Donald Trump g...
Healing Minnesota Stories (HMS), an initiative of the Saint Paul Interfaith Network, works “to promote understanding and healing between Native American and non-Native people” in the state through the sharing of stories. The HMS website puts it this way: Our starting point is an understanding that Native people have suffered deep trauma over many years, losing their land, language and culture, and all who call Minnesota home are the lesser for it. While many people and institutions contributed to that trauma, it happened with the full par...
The Boys and Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area is working with partners to convert a closed wild rice and smoked fish business within the Leech Lake Reservation into a cultural resource center to serve area youth. The popular business sold rice and fish from a stand in Ball Club for over 30 years before the passing of its owner, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe [member] Tim Holm, in March 2016. “I was worried that with Tim’s passing there would be a loss of food and cultural activities associated with netting and smoking whitefish, and harvesting and...
WYANDOTTE - The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma was recently awarded the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Service Project to help accomplish community and tribal ventures. AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, team-based residential service program for individuals ages 18-24. NCCC members are organized into 10 to 12 member teams and serve in local communities in all 50 states and U.S. territories. "We think we'll be getting about 10 people and they will be here for three months," said Glenna J. Wallace, Chief of the Eastern...
U.S. District Judge Susan Watters on Tuesday vacated the Jan. 9 trial of a Wyoming man accused of murdering a couple on the Crow Reservation. In a one-page order, Watters granted a defense motion to continue the trial for Jesus Deniz Mendoza, 19, of Worland. The judge also set a scheduling conference for Thursday to determine a new trial date. http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/judge-vacates-jan-trial-in-crow-reservation-double-murder-case/article_9d914453-32f3-5bd1-90dc-43576db5ec9a.html...
The Fort Hall Indian Reservation is mourning the death of a tribal member who was apparently shot dead by a relative on New Year's Day. Tribal authorities and the FBI have released little information about the fatal shooting of Heath “Petey” Dixey, 40, at his Cemetery Road residence on the reservation. But Fort Hall Police Chief Pat Teton said the shooting could be a case of self-defense. The family member who apparently killed Dixey was treated and released at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello after the shooting and then taken into pol...
A woman whose body was found on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in November died of blunt force trauma, according to an initial charging document. Whitebird Limpy, 33, has been charged with criminal homicide in Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court for the death of 41-year-old Julia Stump. An initial criminal complaint, filed on Dec. 7, says that Limpy killed Stump "by beating her" and that an autopsy determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma. http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/prosecutor-northern-cheyenne-woman-w...
