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January 16, 2024 11:56 AM

Minnesota equal rights amendment revamped to include protections for abortion, gender care

For years, supporters of the equal rights amendment have sought to include new protections in the Minnesota Constitution. With a new tweak, DFL leaders say this could be the year it moves to the ballot.

by Dana Ferguson

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January 15, 2024 4:00 AM

Martin Luther King Jr.'s visits to Minnesota more than 50 years ago still resonate

On what would have been King’s 95th birthday, many are celebrating the civil rights leader, while also reflecting on what his words reveal about the march for justice still ahead.

by Jacob Aloi

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January 12, 2024 4:53 PM

Northfield's new housing development tackles homelessness, poverty and climate change

Hillcrest Village in Northfield, Minnesota is an emergency shelter and supportive housing development – powered entirely by the sun.

by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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January 12, 2024 4:29 PM

Cube Critics discuss 'American Fiction' and 'Poor Things'

MPR News Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber dissect the two “very funny, but also poignant” films new to theaters.

by Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber

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January 12, 2024 4:09 PM

Frigid temps bring added stress for unhoused Minnesota families

The season’s first subzero temperatures descend on the Twin Cities this weekend, adding new pressures to people seeking shelter and already overwhelmed shelters trying to meet the rising need.

by Kyra Miles

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January 11, 2024 6:20 PM

Appetites: The best Minneapolis restaurants of 2023 and what's opening in 2024

What were the best Minneapolis restaurants of 2023 and what can we look forward to in 2024? MPR News host Tom Crann asked food critic Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl to look into her crystal ball.

by Tom Crann and Lukas Levin

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January 11, 2024 4:12 PM

‘Like a chain reaction’: UW-River Falls grappling with fourth student death in 2 months

The university is treating the four deaths as a suicide cluster and working to support its community and prevent further deaths ahead of its roughly 5,000 students returning for classes on Jan. 22.

by Nicole Ki

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January 11, 2024 2:38 PM

Last Chance Review: Groundbreaking Native photographers exhibit to close at Mia

"In Our Hands: Native Photography, 1890 to Now" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art is a powerful and intimate showcase of over 150 images by 70 Native photographers.

by Alex V. Cipolle

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January 11, 2024 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages

David Cunningham’s “City Life” opens at Gallery 360. Raw Stages’ New Works Festival stages a different reading of a work-in-progress at History Theatre. Minneapolis band Sycamore Gap performs to benefit the Arbitrarium art house.

by Emily Bright

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January 10, 2024 8:55 AM

Historic, all-woman St. Paul City Council sworn in and ready to work

The group of seven elected officials is majority women of color, and all the women on the council are under the age of 40, making them the city’s most racially diverse and youngest council ever.

by Regina Medina

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