Special education and school leaders say Minnesota shouldn’t cut $250 million in special education funding, a cut that’s scheduled to kick in automatically next year. RELATED: Parents, advocates call for pause on special education cuts amid budget concerns If lawmakers won’t, or can’t, repeal the...
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Minnesota’s human services agency says it now uses risk scores to prioritize tips about suspected fraud. 5 INVESTIGATES asked what happens when Minnesotans report suspected fraud to the state and how the state handles those reports. Fraud remains a top issue for Minnesota voters ...
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A search at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home sparked a rally in Minneapolis and immediate political reaction Monday.
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St. Paul Public Schools could make midyear staffing cuts after lower-than-expected enrollment created a budget shortfall. The district sent families an email Monday afternoon saying it has “several hundred fewer students” than expected when it built this year’s budget. The email ...
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William Morton, 61, faces first-degree murder charges in the 1985 killing of Hillary Hellewell in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Authorities say a serious-injury crash involving three vehicles had northbound Interstate 35W in Bloomington shut down Monday afternoon.
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While neither team is expected to play its top players for more than 20 minutes, a game against the champs is a good test for the Wolves.
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The man accused of shooting two people in the parking lot outside Eden Prairie High School’s Homecoming football game made his first court appearance on Monday....
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More than six years after the murder of George Floyd and the civil unrest that followed, Minneapolis taxpayers are continuing to absorb the financial fallout from allegations of police misconduct during the city’s response to protests and unrest in 2020. The latest case, finalize...
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The same three substances were present in the bloodstreams of two recently deceased University of Mississippi students, according to federal court documents obtained by Fox News Digital....
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5 EYEWITNESS NEWS continues to ask Xcel Energy how they’re planning to stop ongoing power outages in Inver Grove Heights. On Sunday, we told you people living in certain neighborhoods of the city are being asked to file complaints against Xcel after continually losing power. RELA...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte , who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on “Breaking Bad,” died Monday at age 34, authorities and his representatives said. Cameron County Justic...
