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Opinion

To legitimately protect voting, secure election infrastructure

Minneapolis Star Tribune Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state and vice chairman of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, is attempting to create a ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, July 7, 2017 5:28 pm

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

State’s crime rate is lowest in 50 years

Crime across Minnesota dipped in 2016, hitting its lowest statewide rate in 50 years. The numbers, released by state police Thursday, show that a long trend ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, July 3, 2017 8:00 am

News

Autism, Israel, DWI and more new laws

ST. PAUL — Yes, for the first time in state history, Minnesota liquor stores had Sunday hours starting July 2. But July 1 also brought into ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, July 3, 2017 7:53 am

State, Nation and World

19 arrested in Twin Cities human trafficking sting

By Karen Zamora, Minneapolis Star Tribune Authorities rescued 10 women involved in sex trafficking and arrested 19 people Thursday afternoon in connection with a broad investigation ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, June 30, 2017 4:00 pm

State, Nation and World

Twin Cities metro’s outward sprawl slowed following recession

By Eric Roper, Minneapolis Star Tribune The Twin Cities suburbs aren’t sprawling like they were before the recession. Instead, the seven-county metro area is growing taller ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, June 30, 2017 3:00 pm

State, Nation and World

500 vintage sports cards stolen from St. Paul dealer

Someone broke into a building in St. Paul’s Merriam Park early Thursday and stole more than 500 vintage sports cards, according to police and the ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, June 30, 2017 7:40 am

Guest Columns

Others’ opinion: Reduce incidents with police training

Not guilty in St. Paul. Acquitted in Milwaukee. No verdict in Cincinnati. Those, in a week’s time, were the outcomes of three criminal cases filed against ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, June 30, 2017 7:29 am

Health

Minnesota’s measles outbreak is tapering off

Minnesota’s biggest measles outbreak since 1990 is winding down, with no new cases reported for the past two weeks. But state health officials aren’t ready ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:08 am

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Leaders of synthetic-drug operation get prison time

ST. PAUL —Two leaders of a multimillion-dollar synthetic drug ring operating in Minnesota pleaded guilty and were sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, June 27, 2017 8:00 am

RSS Twitter

Wild do not extend qualifying offer to Folin; Ex-Bruin would become free agent if deal isn’t reached

The Minnesota Wild did not make a qualifying offer to former Austin Bruin Christian Folin. The Wild officially made qualifying offers to eight players Monday: wingers ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, June 27, 2017 7:44 am

RSS Twitter

12 Minn. players drafted on Day 2 of NHL draft

CHICAGO — You might remember Dylan Samberg as the kid who netted the game-winning goal to lift Hermantown to a dramatic 4-3 double overtime win ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, June 26, 2017 8:21 am

Education

Does Minnesota lead the nation in per pupil spending? Not anymore

Minnesota has held one consistent spot on a national education ranking in recent years -- it’s just nowhere near the top or the bottom. Like Goldilocks, ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, June 23, 2017 8:30 am

Editorials

Strategic plan needed for higher ed

The status quo is holding — albeit shakily — in Minnesota higher education. That’s the upshot of decisions this week by the governing boards of ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, June 23, 2017 8:20 am

Education

Minnesota colleges raise tuition for two-year, four-year schools

Students at Minnesota State's two-year colleges will pay $48 more in tuition starting this fall, or $4,815 a year, the first time the price has ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:40 am

State, Nation and World

MnDOT crew workers pull pilot from downed plane in NW Minnesota

Two state highway construction workers witnessed a small plane crash in northwestern Minnesota and pulled the pilot from the wreckage before emergency personnel arrived to ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:38 am

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