Sen. Nathan Wesenberg dinged in audit of campaign finance report:   minnesotareformer.com/briefs/lawmake… via Minnesota Reformer

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter suspended for refusing to stop protesting war at Columbia: minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/18/rep… via Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota plans to shutter several addiction treatment facilities and shift dollars, staff and space to mental health programs.
Lawmakers & facility employees are pushing back. They fear MN is 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' and women in recovery will suffer.
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It's not mentioned in the story, but a Sahan Journal link in it identifies Abdirizak Diis as the audio reporter for Sahan Journal's newsletter & an anchor for Somali TV of Minnesota: americanexperiment.org/a-pioneering-h…

Minnesota may tap 3M settlement to help meet EPA limits on forever chemicals in drinking water: minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/18/min… via Minnesota Reformer

Tech companies scale up MN lobbying efforts in advance of privacy bill minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/16/tec… via Minnesota Reformer

The MN police association is renewing calls for Gov. Tim Walz to reassign Trooper Ryan Londregan's case from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. MPPOA released statements from 2 State Patrol trainers who said Londregan acted lawfully to save his partners.

DFL Party disavows machete-wielding candidate for Minnesota House minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/15/dfl… via Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota Legislature should call a gambling help hotline before betting on mobile sports wagering: minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/11/min… via Minnesota Reformer

Republican House candidate Drew Roach once got into a fight with a city councilwoman’s son while trying to stop the 2022 election. He is running to replace Rep. Patrick Garofalo:   minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/11/thi…

White House lauds Amara Strande of Minnesota for her advocacy as EPA announces new limits on 'forever chemicals.' Strande spent her final months battling cancer and advocating for tougher regulations on the chemicals made by 3M: minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/10/whi… via Minnesota Reformer

Two Hennepin County sheriff's deputies hurt while serving warrant:

Nearly 4 years after Floyd protests, police misconduct complaint outcomes are finally released in Jaleel Stallings case and others: minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/09/nea… via Minnesota Reformer

In the Minnesota Legislature's Civility Caucus, Republicans and Democrats actually like talking to each other. Sometimes they even work together on bills, as Sandra Feist & Kristin Robbins did: minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/08/at-… via Minnesota Reformer

With their seats on the line, some DFL lawmakers are hesitant on police and prison reforms: minnesotareformer.com/2024/03/29/wit… via Minnesota Reformer

The largest cut to school budgets next year will be 400 academic intervention staff paid for w/federal pandemic aid meant for learning loss. The district shared details of a scaled-back version of intervention at the 3/19 finance committee meeting.

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