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Past U leaders' racist, anti-Semitic acts stir campus debate
After more than a year of debate, the Board of Regents will hold a special meeting Friday where it will discuss and potentially vote on renaming buildings named for Lotus Delta Coffman, Edward Nicholson, William Middlebrook and Walter Coffey. | Share your thoughts
'Stop the threat': Noor testifies to fear, decision to fire
Speaking publicly for the first time about the night he shot 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk, ex-Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor described hearing a bang and reacting to his partner's fear as he moved to shoot the figure next to the squad. | Full coverage
The old 'flop house' emerges as solution to affordable housing crisis

Boarding houses, once regarded as urban blight, are gaining traction as a way to solve shortages of affordable housing in Minnesota and across the country. | Lack of affordable housing squeezes ever more Minnesotans

MN House adds conversion therapy ban to big health bill

The Minnesota House voted to amend a large health and human services bill with a statewide ban on conversion therapy.

Radinovich resigns from Iron Range resources post

Joe Radinovich said his intent is to refocus the public’s attention on the agency’s important mission. He informed Commissioner Mark Phillips that his last day will be April 30.

4-year construction work on SWLRT about to kick off

Work will soon start on the Southwest light rail line, kicking off four years of construction on the $2 billion project. The Cedar Lake and Kenilworth trails will be closed in some areas for at least two years, Metro Transit officials said.

Abuse by Boy Scout leaders more widespread than earlier thought

Newly revealed court testimony suggests the Boy Scouts of America had considerably more leaders involved in the sexual abuse of minors than previously thought.

A Minneapolis school is immersing students in both Dakota and Ojibwe
There are several native groups that call Minnesota home, including Dakota and Ojibwe. But fewer and fewer people can speak the languages of those groups fluently. Bdote charter school in Minneapolis is trying to change that. 
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