Minnesota Today

Jury selection starts Monday in the first trial in an alleged $250 million scheme to defraud government child nutrition programs. And a new statewide survey from First Children’s Finance and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis shows fewer Minnesota child care operators struggled financially last year. 

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Jury selection set to start in first Feeding Our Future trial

Minnesota child care finances stabilize, but the business remains in flux

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Minnesotans would have access to a free electronic tax filing system under a bill that cleared a House committee Friday. Also, For the first time in two decades, the city of Saint Cloud will have new leadership. Dave Kleis, the city's longest-serving mayor, announced his retirement. This is the MPR News evening update, hosted by Jacob Aloi. Theme music by Gary Meister.

First lady Jill Biden will be in the Twin Cities Friday evening for an education speech and a campaign event. The Minnesota Senate has approved an elections policy bill that would guarantee Minnesotans the right to sue if they face discrimination in voting. And Highway 169 between Interstates 94 and 394 will be closed from Friday to Monday morning as crews work on a bridge replacement project, MnDOT says.

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First lady Jill Biden to visit Minnesota on Friday

‘Minnesota Voting Rights Act’ nears governor’s signature after state Senate approval

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Minnesota principals say they don’t have the time they need to do the sorts of instructional leadership their jobs require. According to a new report from the University of Minnesota, principals statewide responded to a survey saying they spend more time than they’d like on administrative tasks.

And a new national report ranks Minnesota in the bottom half of the country for preschool enrollment.

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A sentencing date has been set for the Minnesota man convicted last week in the fatal stabbing of a teenager while tubing on a western Wisconsin river. Nicolae Miu will be sentenced on July 31st in St. Croix County Circuit Court in Hudson. And the St. Paul City Council unanimously passed a zoning proposal Wednesday that aims to prepare the city for a future with more electric vehicles.

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Sentencing date set for Apple River stabbing case

St. Paul City Council votes unanimously to boost EV-readiness

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The family of Ricky Cobb II announced today a federal lawsuit against the state trooper who fatally shot him last year.

And two Minnesotans are on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2024, announced today.

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State lawmakers have advanced a proposal that addresses one item rideshare drivers and companies want settled. And Minnesota’s first lady Gwen Walz Tuesday joined gun control advocates at the State Capitol urging the Legislature to approve a pair of firearm bills.

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UnitedHealth Group spent about $872 million responding to a cyberattack in its first quarter, according to the company's earnings report released today.

Crews continued searching a southwest Minnesota lake today for a 15-year-old boy who went missing while canoeing yesterday evening.

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Local governments in Minnesota are asking the state to help them fund projects that address new federal drinking water standards regarding so-called forever chemicals. And leaders of the House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee are backing $36 million in supplemental funding to expand child welfare and protection and food assistance. 

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Local governments look to state to help foot PFAS bill

Push for more Minnesota child care funding falls short as legislative session winds down

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The Minnesota DFL is disavowing a local party chapter's endorsement of a Minnesota House candidate convicted of second-degree felony assault.

And a federal lawsuit accuses Anoka County and employees of deliberately ignoring the medical needs of a former jail inmate in opioid withdrawal.

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