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Art Hounds: The M gets bigger, student-curated Black joy and fancy chairs you can’t sit on
Art Hounds discuss the expanded Minnesota Museum of Art’s new wing, a show curated by students at the University of Minnesota about Black joy and a new exhibit with 20 chairs and five mini golf holes.
Listen: New York Times reporter Reid Epstein on Ken Martin’s bid for DNC chair
Reid Epstein, a reporter with The New York Times, spoke with Martin, who argued Democrats’ downfall was their message failing to land with voters ahead of the 2024 election.
Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over 1,000 initial applicants
Minnesota cannabis regulators say they’ll hold a lottery in the coming weeks to determine who will operate the state’s first legal marijuana businesses. But the Office of Cannabis Management is facing pushback this week after it rejected around two-thirds of the applicants it deemed ineligible.
Thrills on the wing: Sandhill cranes fill the skies at a Minnesota wildlife refuge
For the past few weeks, there has been a distinctive rattling rising from the wetland around the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, about an hour’s drive north of the Twin Cities metro. It’s the sound of thousands of sandhill cranes gathering to rest and feed before migrating south for the winter.
EagleCam expansion: Minnesota DNR says new camera, new nesting pair will go live this week
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday announced its popular and beloved EagleCam feed will resume on Thursday at a new location, after the nest previously featured on camera fell in 2023.
How UnitedHealth’s playbook for limiting mental health coverage puts countless Americans’ treatment at risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due to a patchwork of regulation.