Articles from the May 19, 2023 edition
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Minnesota House to cast final vote on legalizing recreational marijuana
The Legislature is on the cusp of sending a marijuana legalization bill to Gov. Tim Walz's desk. The DFL-controlled House was headed to a final vote to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday night, with the measure expected to pass. A Senate vote could happen as early as Friday, potentially sending the bill to Walz by this...
Recreational marijuana bill worries Minnesota employers
Minnesota employers are worried about the consequences of on-site safety - and general job competence - should a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in the state become law. As lawmakers consider whether Minnesota should join 18 states in legalizing pot, scores of concerned business owners gathered Wednesday to hear from...
What is in $3 billion tax deal made by Minnesota Democrats?
One-time rebates. Tax credits for families. Social Security tax cuts. More money for local governments. Tax hikes for some. After weeks of negotiations, DFLers struck a deal on $3 billion in tax cuts, a proposal that still needs to pass both chambers. They praised the final proposal as one that puts money back into Minnesotans'...
Ethics complaint against Senate DFLer alleges he impugned Republicans in floor speeches
A GOP senator filed an ethics complaint against DFL Sen. Omar Fateh of Minneapolis, claiming Fateh falsely accused colleagues of conflating immigrants with terrorists and drug dealers and that he likened Republicans to white supremacists. Fateh made his comments on Feb. 22 during debate on a bill, now law, that will allow...
DFL leaders approve party rule changes in wake of Minneapolis ward convention fracas
DFL Party leaders unanimously backed a plan Thursday to sanction anyone who incites or engages in violence at a party event, a move to contain the fallout from a weekend Minneapolis ward convention that descended into chaos. Then they immediately sanctioned the candidate at the center of it. At an emergency evening meeting of...
Tick season in Minnesota is in full force, with an unwelcome visitor: the lone star
An unpopular season is in full swing in Minnesota, now through early July, and with a returning champion. "It's here," said the Department of Health epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman. Blacklegged ticks, aka deer ticks, transmit Lyme disease and are a high risk beginning this part of May. Both nymphs (the size of poppyseeds)...
Rep. Craig seeks answers from FAA after feces rain down on woman's car in Burnsville
A stinking mystery, where feces of an unknown origin rained down from the sky on a constituent's car, has U.S. Rep. Angie Craig seeking answers from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Carisa Browne was waiting May 12 at a Caribou Coffee drive-thru in Burnsville with her 6-year-old son when she noticed gobs of brown,...
12-year-old's stabbing reflects dangers for children caught up in violence of domestic abuse
Eating an ice cream cone in the living room of the south Minneapolis apartment where he lives with his mom and little sister, Miguel Torres Jr. is a normal 12-year-old boy - save for the 20 stitches and 14 staples that crisscross his body. Just days before, he awoke from a medically induced coma following a May 6 knife attack...
Minneapolis police ask public's help finding driver who fatally hit pedestrian
Police are turning to the public for help finding the driver who hit a man walking in the middle of the night in south Minneapolis and leaving him in the intersection to die. The hit-and-run crash occurred about occurred about 3:30 a.m. Sunday at 26th Street E. and Hiawatha Avenue S., and claimed the life of Kendrick M....
Reports of violence, drug sales down after joint investigation into Winner Gas Station and Merwin Liquors
May 18, 2023 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today the successful results of a joint investigation that his office, with the assistance of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and the Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office, conducted into the inaction on the part of Merwin Liquors and Winner Gas Station to take steps to stem the illegal...
Ellison: Effort to curb crime at troubled Minneapolis intersection has paid off
Efforts to curb violent crime at an infamous intersection in north Minneapolis have led to a significant reduction in incidents, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said Thursday at a news conference. Ellison announced in September that his office would investigate whether Merwin Liquors and a Winner Gas station across the...
Air quality alert issued due to wildfire smoke for entire state until Friday, May 19
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for the entire state of Minnesota. The alert runs until Friday, May 19, at 6 a.m. A band of very heavy ground-level smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan is currently moving along a cold front in northwestern Minnesota. The smoke...
Minnesota's high school tech education is among the worst, stunting local industry's growth
Given the options of two coders working remotely - one who happened to live in Minnesota and one from at least a plane ride away - one local tech CEO would hire the in-state talent, for sure. "But unfortunately," said Dean Hager of Minneapolis-based software company Jamf, "we're in the situation where we don't necessarily get...
Russia fires 30 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets; Ukraine says 29 were shot down
KYIV, Ukraine - Russia fired 30 cruise missiles against different parts of Ukraine early Thursday in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defenses, which shot down 29 of them, officials said. One person was killed and two were wounded by a Russian missile that got through and struck an industrial building in the southern...
Judge not inclined to shut down pipeline, pleads with Wisconsin tribe to work with oil company
MADISON, Wis. - A federal judge said Thursday he is unlikely to force an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin, despite arguments from a Native American tribe that the line is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on reservation land. U.S. District Judge William Conley said the...
More than 30 million US drivers don't know if they're at risk from a rare but dangerous airbag blast
DETROIT — More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel. Few of them know it. And because of a dispute between federal safety regulators and an airbag parts manufacturer, they aren't likely to find out anytime soon....
Federal judge says Clarence Thomas ethics complaints mishandled more than a decade ago
WASHINGTON - The federal courts' policymaking body in 2011 mishandled ethics complaints surrounding financial disclosures by Justice Clarence Thomas, a sitting federal judge testified Wednesday. While those complaints are more than a decade old, how the Judicial Conference of the United States approached them has fresh...
Bill with ban on Native American nicknames in Minnesota headed to governor's desk
WARROAD, Minn. — A proposed ban on the use of Native American nicknames and mascots in Minnesota public school districts is inching closer to becoming law after the Minnesota House and Senate approved a version of the education spending and policy bill containing the policy. Throughout the legislative session, the proposed ban has caused concern in Warroad, Minnesota, where...
Seneca Indian Nation Approves Use of "Warriors" Mascot Amid New York's Statewide Ban
SALAMANCA, NY -The Seneca Indian Nation gave approval yesterday to allow a local public school district on their land to continue to use its "Warriors" name and imagery. The approval comes a month after the New York Board of Regents voted to ban public schools across the state from using Native or Indigenous nicknames, and...
Arizona Investigating Multi-Million Dollar Medicaid Scheme Targeting Native Americans
PHOENIX- More than 100 Arizona healthcare providers are under investigation for insurance fraud that targeted Native Americans and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. In a press conference yesterday, state officials and representatives from 13 of the state's federally recognized tribes announced efforts to crack...
Jill Biden promotes broadband investment in historic Alaska visit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For years, when the tiny Alaska Native village of Rampart's awful internet service would go down, the only way to reach the outside world was to await the small airplane that touched down daily with supplies and the occasional visitor. “We had no way of getting ahold of anybody out of Rampart other than going to the airport and telling the pilot,...
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Red Lake Warriors playing at Bemidji State University on May 18, 2023
Red Lake Warriors playing at Bemidji State University on May 18, 2023...
Red Lake High School and ALC Warrior's Academic Banquet held on Wednesday - P2
Red Lake High School and ALC Warrior's Academic Banquet held on Wednesday, May 17, 2023....
Red Lake Varsity and JV both drop games to Pine River at home - P6
Red Lake Varsity and JV both drop games to Pine River at home...
2023 Ponemah School Pow Wow held on May 12, 2023 - P5
2023 Ponemah School Pow Wow held on May 12, 2023 Ponemah School Brave an Princess 2023-24 Kyler Kingbird an Cecilie Hardy...
