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"When you get into your 70s and worked nonstop for over 50 years, I think you're entitled to a rest,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman told MPR News.
The White Earth Nation filed suit last month against the state Department of Natural Resources in tribal court, contending a water use permit for the Enbridge Energy Line 3 pipeline puts wild rice at risk. Experts say the case for protecting wild rice in Minnesota could be important for the larger rights of nature movement.
Children’s hospitals are sounding the alarm over the growing impact of COVID-19 on pediatric healthcare. Dr. Marc Gorelick of Children’s Minnesota told host Cathy Wurzer that schools need to adopt masking, social distancing and vaccination policies to keep kids safe.
Republicans in the Minnesota Senate are taking aim at another commissioner in the Cabinet of DFL Gov. Tim Walz: Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm. They’ve linked it to what they refer to as medical freedom.
University of Minnesota researchers found that college-educated Black women appeared more susceptible to health risks after heat wave exposure. They were 1.27 times more likely to experience premature labor and birth than white women without a college education.
The pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is now into its final hours. And among Minnesotans at the State Fair over the weekend, many of those willing to talk about the developments in Kabul expressed dismay over the situation.
Colleges and universities in the United States attract more than a million international students a year. Higher education is one of America’s top service exports, generating $42 billion in revenue. But the money spigot is closing. The pandemic, visa restrictions, rising tuition and a perception of poor safety in America have driven new international student enrollment down by a jaw-dropping 72 percent.
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Coinciding with a spike in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, Minnesota hospitals are seeing the number of beds used by patients tick up. Another problem: not enough health care workers on hand.
