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St. Paul Public Schools Superintendent Valeria Silva confirmed Wednesday that her current contract will be her last — that she will be closing out a sometimes rocky tenure atop the state’s second-largest district in December 2018. Her decision, she said, is about timing — she will be eligible for full-pension benefits then — as well as a recognition that after nine years as a superintendent, she will have completed “a long run, and it will be time for new leadership.” http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-superintendent-gives-n...
Minnesota residents who live part time elsewhere could see a dramatic jump in their tax bills as a result of a ruling Wednesday by the state Supreme Court. The 4-3 opinion sharply defined what the justices described as an ambiguous law that determines when a person is considered to be a resident in Minnesota. The law says full-time residency starts at 183 days, or half the year. http://www.startribune.com/state-supreme-court-half-year-is-full-year-when-it-comes-to-paying-taxes/369181141/...
The St. Paul police officer whose online postings encouraged drivers to run over protesters on Martin Luther King Jr. Day has resigned. Sgt. Jeff Rothecker, a 22-year St. Paul police veteran, was placed on paid administrative leave in mid-January after an open-government activist alerted the department to a comment Rothecker posted on Facebook. St. Paul police announced his resignation Wednesday afternoon. http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-police-officer-who-urged-drivers-to-run-over-protesters-resigns/369182111/...
Janitors across the Twin Cities metro area walked off the job and took to the streets Wednesday in the midst of tense negotiations with cleaning companies over wages and working conditions. The 24-hour strike was the first by subcontracted union janitors in the Twin Cities in decades, according to Local 26 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents roughly 4,000 janitors in the metropolitan area. http://www.startribune.com/janitors-walk-off-from-cleaning-twin-cities-offices-wednesday-pressing-cleaning-fir...
The Minneapolis City Council’s Public Safety Committee has approved a $4 million contract that will allow the city to outfit all of its police officers with body cameras by the end of the year. The committee’s unanimous approval of the contract with Taser International will be forwarded to the full council for a final vote next week. The city expects to begin equipping officers with the cameras in May, starting with the downtown First Precinct. The Fourth Precinct, covering north Minneapolis, will be next, followed by other areas of the cit...
Scores of St. Paul teachers and supporters held “walk-in” rallies before school Wednesday to press for progress in contract talks in the state’s second-largest district. At least 130 people turned out at American Indian Magnet School on the East Side, to shout union slogans and display signs declaring students “can’t wait” for schools to add more social workers and counselors, among other contract goals. http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-teachers-hold-walk-ins/369117611/...
WASHINGTON — An extraordinary legal fight is brewing with major privacy implications for millions of cellphone users after a federal magistrate ordered Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the San Bernardino mass shootings. The clash brings to a head a long-simmering debate between technology companies insistent on protecting digital privacy and law enforcement agencies concerned about losing their ability to recover evidence or eavesdrop on the communications of terrorists or criminals. http:...
North Dakota’s crude oil production fell 2.5 percent in December, and the state’s top oil regulator expects a steady decline in output this year because of low oil prices and scaled-back drilling. Oil fields in the state’s western counties pumped 1.15 million barrels per day in December, down from 1.18 million barrels in November, the North Dakota Mineral Resources Department said Wednesday. December’s output was off 6 percent from the peak of 1.22 million daily barrels in December 2014. http://www.startribune.com/n-d-report...
WASHINGTON — The number of traffic deaths in the United States rose 8 percent from 2014 to 2015, the largest year-to-year percentage increase in a half-century, according to preliminary estimates Wednesday by the National Safety Council. About 38,300 people were killed on U.S. roads, and 4.4 million people were seriously injured, the council said. That would make 2015 the deadliest driving year since 2008. http://www.startribune.com/2015-saw-largest-increase-in-traffic-deaths-in-50-years/369126571/...
WASHINGTON — A series of U.S. airstrikes in recent months have destroyed "hundreds of millions" of dollars in Islamic State cash as part of a broader campaign aimed at squeezing the extremist group's financial power, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. Col. Steve Warren, speaking for the coalition that is fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, said the effort — which has included airstrikes against oil processing and distribution facilities mainly in Syria — has forced the Islamic State to adjust by reducing salaries for its fight...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. —The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday supporting the continued operation of rural, dependent school districts in the tribe’s jurisdictional area. Tribal Councilors say the 26 dependent school districts in the tribe’s 14 counties stabilize communities and are opposed to any proposed state measures to consolidate them into larger independent school districts. State education cuts, and more proposals to cut school spending, have caused alarm. http://www.cherokee.org/News/St...
A South Dakota Indian Tribe could be ready to renew its bid to open a marijuana growing facility after a measure in the state legislature failed to get support on Tuesday. The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe torched its pot crop last year after fears of state or federal prosecution developed. Tuesday South Dakota's House Health and Human Services Committee voted 11-1 against vote a bill that would've have changed state law regarding marijuana. http://www.siouxlandmatters.com/news/local-news/a-south-dakota-indian-tribe-hoping-fo...
FARMINGTON — Shiprock Chapter is requesting the Shiprock District Court to invalidate a tribal council resolution approving the proposed Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement agreement because the council did not follow tribal law by submitting the resolution for review and action by the tribal president. Chapter President Duane "Chili" Yazzie filed a petition for declaratory judgment on Feb. 10. Yazzie's action was authorized in a Feb. 7 resolution approved by 47 chapter members. The petition lists the Navajo Nation Council and Speaker L...
We drilled the last few holes of the day out in deeper water. The 7-foot spot I'd been fishing held a healthy 21-inch rainbow earlier that Larry Stromback hooked into, but had been deathly silent during my watch. I reeled up, grabbed my electronics and headed towards the new water. Quickly I had red lines targeting my jigging spoon, and before long, one bit and gave me the strongest fight of the day. The fish bent my rod and even took some line as my drag whined. While this stout rainbow trout wouldn't tip the scales as my largest for the day,...
SOUTHAMPTON, NY: Despite a setback in an ongoing fight over ancestral land, the Shinnecock Indian Nation said this week that the battle is far from over. The tribe, according to Lance Gumbs, former Shinnecock Tribal Chairman and Tribal Ambassador for the Native American Financial Services Association, has been engaged in a generations-long fight to claim ownership of more than 3,000 acres of land in Southampton Town, suing New York State over lands they believe were stolen outright. A federal judge initially dismissed that claim in 2006, based...
CHARENTON — State troopers arrested the general manager and chief financial officer of Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton Wednesday on allegations both played a role in stealing $5,700 from the business by manipulating its personnel database. Anthony Patrone, the casino’s general manager, and Monte Spivey, its chief financial officer, each face counts of felony theft, computer fraud and obstruction of justice, State Police said in a news release. Investigators determined Patrone and Spivey reactivated a former employee’s status with the casin...
It's been less than a month since Erma Vizenor resigned as chair of the White Earth Tribal Council, and already nearly a dozen tribe members are running to fill her seat. Winona LaDuke, executive director of the Native American environmental group Honor the Earth, was the first to garner attention — declaring her run within days of the power struggle that cost Vizenor her job. Since then many others have thrown their hats in the ring. Earlier this week the White Earth Tribal Council certified 12 candidates. Candidates running for chairperson a...
First Nations arriving in Thunder Bay, Ont., to attend school are made to feel less welcome than refugees or other minorities moving to the northern Ontario city, according to a local MP. Patty Hajdu was reacting on Tuesday to a CBC News report comparing the warm welcome received by a family of Syrian refugees to the reports of racism experienced by First Nations youth. "It's appalling, it's ashaming for my community, but for our country as well, that indigenous young people who come to Thunder Bay to study are subjected to racism that...
Candidates for three positions on the Fond du Lac of Lake Superior Chippewa's tribal council — including those for chairperson — have been announced. The other two open positions for the council, also known as the Reservation Business Committee, are for representatives for the Cloquet and Brookston districts. Wally Dupuis has been serving as the interim chairman in the absence of Karen Diver, the longtime tribal leader who resigned for a position in Washington with the Obama administration. She was named special assistant to the president for...
WHITE EARTH RESERVATION, Minn. — She smokes cigarettes constantly. Her fingernail polish is flaking. She lives with her aunt and has pictures of Jesus on her walls. She wipes a spot of blood from her arm and drops a used needle into a red container embellished with a bright orange sticker bearing a biohazard symbol. Triina, 25, is an Ojibwe tribal member and was born and raised on the White Earth Reservation. “I used to go hard and stay high for days and days,” said Triina, who agreed to be interviewed if her real name wasn’t used. “I don...
Affordable housing efforts for 587 Native American tribes in dozens of states have received a boost of $660 million in federal money, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Tuesday. US Department of Housing and Urban Development_298 The money is part of the Indian Housing Block Grant program, which is the single largest source of affordable housing help for Native American communities, HUD officials said. The money will go to low-income families on Indian reservations or in Alaska Native or American Indian...
New data released by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction shows 16% of all Washington students missed more than 18 days of school in 2015. It’s defined as chronic absenteeism and affecting student performance. "One of the factors that is a barrier to learning is whether they're in school or not," said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn. http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2016/02/17/students-missing-too-many-school-days/80533682/...
OLIVIA, Minn. – Dwayne Alan Case might have saved the life of his girlfriend Elizabeth Gregg had he gotten immediate medical help for her after firing a broadhead tipped arrow into her abdomen at a remote campsite in Renville County last June. Case, 30, of Franklin, will now serve almost 35 years for the 46-year-old's death, the maximum possible for his conviction on a charge of second-degree murder, intentional. http://www.inforum.com/news/3950120-man-gets-35-years-girlfriends-painful-death-after-arrow-shot-abdomen...
A Calgary, Alta. man facing sex-related offences that allegedly took place in northern Ontario First Nations communities has died, Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service is reporting. 51 year-old Casey Ignatious MacDonald, who was to appear in a Kenora court on March 11, died on Feb. 9 from health-related issues, police said. "Anyone affected by this issue, whether you have reported to the police or not, is urged to either continue or to seek counselling," police stated in a news release issued Wednesday. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canad...
