Officials Encourage Teens To Get COVID Vaccine, With Eyes On 'Putting This Thing Away For Good'
The Minnesota Department of Health says more than 36,000 16- and 17-year-olds have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The Minnesota Department of Health says more than 36,000 16- and 17-year-olds have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Both chambers of the Minnesota legislature on Tuesday approved $7.8 million in emergency funding to cover the costs for extra law enforcement during Derek Chauvin's murder trial in Minneapolis.
A Minneapolis man is expected to receive a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Monday to murdering the father of his girlfriend's children.
Gov. Tim Walz said an easing of COVID-19 restrictions in Minnesota could come as early as later this week, or early next week.
The May 2020 killing of Floyd, who was Black, by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, prompted worldwide protests against racial injustice.
It was a sixth-grader who brought a loaded gun to school and discharged multiple shots toward the hallway ceiling.
Any students ages 18 and under now enrolled in a school program will have access to the meals through the summer of 2021.
The People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus of the Minnesota Senate, along with Gov. Tim Walz, are urging the Minnesota Legislature to pass "meaningful" police reform before the end of the legislative session.
Five months before REAL ID travel requirements were to be enforced, the Department of Homeland Security has announced the deadline will be pushed back to May 2023.
A group of Minnesota Democratic voters filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to have the courts take over the state's redistricting process, predicting that the divided Legislature will be unable to agree on new political maps.
The sentencing for Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has been pushed back to June 25, court records show.
A Twin Cities woman is accused of stabbing her fiance's dog to death late last month.
Employers in Minnesota reported more than 127,000 job vacancies in the last quarter of 2020, according to the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
With federal health officials reportedly set to announce relaxed outdoor mask guidance, Minnesota's health department on Tuesday reported 1,088 more cases and 12 more deaths linked to COVID-19.
A Twin Cities man is accused of fatally shooting a man last month in a St. Paul body shop. According to police informants, the murder was to avenge the death of a someone killed in gang violence more than a decade ago.
