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The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The FY 2024 budget makes significant investments in Tribal sovereignty and revitalization, providing new and expanded funding opportunities and resources for Tribes to manage their lands and waters. The President’s budget request for Indian Affairs programs in FY 2024 is $4.7 billion...

Minneapolis Public Schools suffered a cyberattack last month that temporarily disabled some district technology and led to a data breach that appears to have revealed some personal information online this week. But details of what happened are still scarce. Here's what we know — and don't know — about the breach and what you can do to protect yourself or your child if you...

Two storms — one Thursday and another Saturday — will bring several inches of snow to the Twin Cities and much of Minnesota, and by the time it stops the winter of 2022-23 will likely be one of the 10 snowiest of all time. And March, which is usually good for a few snowstorms, is just getting started. As of Wednesday, the Twin Cities had picked up 75.3 inches of snow for...

JACKSON, Tenn. — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life. The pandemic changed his mind. A year after high school, Hart is directing a youth theater program in...

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most powerful figures in Washington, is being treated for a concussion and will remain hospitalized for a few days after tripping and falling, his spokesperson said on Thursday. McConnell, who is 81 and was first elected to represent Kentucky in the Senate in 1984, "tripped at a dinner...

Minority Republicans in the Minnesota Senate and House are pushing for a package of public safety legislation they say will fight crime by stiffening criminal penalties and strengthening police forces. Creating a new carjacking offense, boosting penalties for illicit fentanyl, and a new system tracking judges’ sentencing decisions are just a few proposals included in what...

MESA, Ariz. - After Mark Pooley retired from law enforcement due to a rare blood cancer in 2020, he continued investigative work by launching a nonprofit to help find missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP). Pooley is Navajo and Hopi with a passion for helping Native people. A former tribal prosecutor and longtime sergeant for the City of Tempe Police Department, he...

Six months on board the International Space Station flew by for NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Native American woman in space. Now it’s time for her and SpaceX Crew-5 to return to Earth Saturday. It’ll be more than a nine-hour journey from the orbiting laboratory for Mann, Wailacki of the Round Valley Tribes, and her three crew members — NASA astronaut John...

Building on the success of the first Wisconsin Supportive Housing Institute, WHEDA and CSH are joining together again to launch a Tribal Supportive Housing Institute. The goal of the institute is to increase capacity within tribal communities to develop supportive housing, both on and off tribal land, and to reduce the timeline for building supportive housing by improving the...

Saint Paul, MN — Yesterday, public employees in the parks, water and public works departments of the City of Saint Paul unanimously voted to authorize a strike. The bargaining unit is represented by the Saint Paul Tri-Council, consisting of LIUNA Local 363, Operating Engineers Local 49 and Teamsters 120. The Tri-Council will send an official strike notice today and could...

St. Paul - Minnesota gained 14,100 jobs over the month in January, up 0.5%, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The state’s private sector gained 12,000 jobs, also up 0.5%. From December to January, Minnesota’s unemployment rate stayed at 2.9% and the labor force...