March 30, 2024 UMinn Law School will no longer give preference to minorities for fellowship: 'Win for civil rights' A fellowship at the University of Minnesota will now give equal consideration to White and male applicants after giving preference to women and people of color.
March 30, 2024 Indiana dad who lost youngest son to fentanyl runs for Congress to end tragedies of border crisis An Indiana dad running for Congress after tragically losing his son to fentanyl is aiming to fix the border crisis that he says is igniting further devastation across the country.
March 29, 2024 Minor league baseball team's Ozempig mascot irks fans; officials brush off criticism The St. Paul Saints came under fire for naming their pig mascot Ozempig after the popular weight loss drug Ozempic, but some say they struck out.
March 29, 2024 Wisconsin Gov. Evers vetoes $3B tax cut, DEI crackdowns, other GOP-backed bills Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Friday vetoed 41 bills passed by the state's Republican-led Legislature, including a $3 billion tax cut.
March 29, 2024 Braun Senate campaign ordered to pay $159K for finance violations Republican Indiana Sen. Mike Braun's 2018 campaign has been ordered to pay a $159,000 civil penalty to the FEC for a finance violation blamed on clerical error.
March 29, 2024 Minnesota Legislature will return from Easter break with plenty of bills still in the pipeline The Minnesota Legislature has a range of bills in the pipeline including those dealing with cannabis, sports betting, and infrastructure maintenance; adjournment deadline is less than two months away.
March 29, 2024 AMERICAN VALUES: How law enforcement in this small town grapples with anti-police reforms, 'hands are tied' Small town marshal, Randy Wilson, said the ongoing effort to improve and reform policing needs to be done at the local level and with input from the entire community.
March 29, 2024 5 wounded at Detroit club in shooting over parking dispute Five people were injured in a shooting outside a Detroit blues club early Friday morning, following an apparent dispute over a parking space.
March 29, 2024 Swing state House hopeful changes tune after scrubbing violent crime defenses from law firm website Minnesota Republican House candidate Tayler Rahm appears to have scrubbed his law firm's website of references to work it has done defending people accused of murder and sex crimes.
March 29, 2024 Arkansas education plan is conservative blueprint for nationwide success Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has put in place a major education reform plan that protects parental rights, promotes learning and serves as a model for other states.