Vance Boelter, the man accused of killing former DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and shooting and wounding State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Wearing a jail uniform, Boelter stood beside his attorney in court yesterday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Harry Jacobs said the government is sifting through hundreds of gigabytes and tens of thousands of pages of evidence.

A Minnesota mother remains in ICE custody despite a judge’s order for her release.

The family members of people in Minnesota prisons say the state is moving too slowly in creating a new system to allow incarcerated people to use tablet computers. The tablets are used to message with family members, access educational content and play media like music.

Business and home owners along the planned Blue Line light rail extension say they have not been able to access millions of dollars anti-displacement funding allocated by the state legislature.

Nonprofit and public media officials are expressing concerns over a bill passed by Congress last month. They spoke about the fallout during a listening session put on by DFL Congresswoman Betty McCollum yesterday.

The two left lanes of 35W will be closed in both directions between Roseville and Lino Lakes this weekend. That means long stretches of the highway will be reduced to a single lane in each direction. The closures begin tonight and run through early Monday.