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A whistleblower’s disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. “None of that ... information should ever leave the agency,” said a former NLRB official.
‘A big Minnesota moment in New York’: The Met announces exhibition of late artist George Morrison
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will open “The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York” on July 17, a significant solo exhibition of the Grand Portage Anishinaabe artist’s work and a rare presentation at a major institution outside Minnesota.
In Pelican Rapids, teens learn the skill of civil discourse
In a deeply polarized country, a new program in Minnesota is teaching middle and high schoolers how to find common ground in their communities. Program leaders say it’s an effort to inspire young people to become engaged politically and in their towns. 
Medicaid puzzle confronts Minnesota lawmakers. Federal cuts could hit health safety net program
Republicans in Washington are working on slashing the federal budget to help pay for a slate of tax breaks. State lawmakers know it could mean a health care funding hole, but they don’t know how much they’ll have to backfill.
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism
The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won’t comply with the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
Minnesotan Paige Bueckers is No. 1 pick in WNBA draft, going to the Dallas Wings
Paige Bueckers is headed to Dallas as the first pick Monday night in the WNBA draft. Bueckers played basketball at Hopkins High School in Minnesota.