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March 25, 2025 4:00 AM

As clock runs down on Alliance Bank Center, tenants begin to move out

Business owners at Alliance Bank Center will have to move to a new location or close their shops when the power shuts off at the end of the month.

by Alex Haddon

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March 24, 2025 6:23 PM

‘Kite Runner’ author speaks about his book being banned in Minnesota school

Khaled Hosseini, author of the 2003 novel “The Kite Runner” speaks out as the American Civil Liberties Group of Minnesota and Education Minnesota file lawsuits against St. Francis Area Schools over a new book ban policy.

by Heidi Raschke and Tom Crann

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March 24, 2025 12:00 PM

‘Build on it’: A new exhibition at the U looks at the legacy of women architects in Minnesota

A new exhibit at the University of Minnesota highlights the overlooked contributions of women architects in Minnesota from the 1920s to today, featuring drawings, models and stories that reveal both their creative achievements and the systemic barriers they faced.

by Alex V. Cipolle

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March 24, 2025 11:33 AM

Niko Medved leaves Colorado State for his native Minnesota after an NCAA tournament run by the Rams

Minnesota hired Colorado State’s Niko Medved on Monday, agreeing to a six-year contract with the Twin Cities-area native and former student manager for the Gophers who had the Rams within one basket of the Sweet 16.

by The Associated Press

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March 21, 2025 6:17 PM

College basketball star Tessa Johnson’s high school coach reflects on her soaring career

The NCAA women’s basketball tournament began this week and 40 players in this year’s tournament are from Minnesota — which means a whole lot of proud Minnesota coaches will be watching from here.

by Tom Crann and Gretchen Brown

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March 21, 2025 12:07 PM

Craft brewers consider kicking the aluminum tariff can to customers

Craft brewers are feeling the impact of tariffs through increases in ingredient costs, but perhaps more significantly through tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel, which are pushing up the cost of their cans. Now breweries around the area are trying to decide how much they can pass on to customers.

by Hannah Yang

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March 21, 2025 4:00 AM

Minneapolis school board set to unveil cuts to close $75 million budget gap

Minneapolis school board members on Tuesday night are expected to lay out planned cuts to balance the budget for next school year. A recent survey of Twin Cities area school districts shows other school systems struggling to close gaps as well.

by Elizabeth Shockman

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March 20, 2025 8:40 AM

Eichorn resigns Minnesota Senate seat amid soliciting a minor charge

Grand Rapids Republican Justin Eichorn was facing possible expulsion from the Senate on Thursday after being arrested Monday in a prostitution sting in Bloomington and charged with attempting to solicit a 17-year-old. He appeared in court Thursday afternoon.

by Dana Ferguson and Clay Masters

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March 20, 2025 4:00 AM

She’s a rabbi. He’s a Palestinian peace activist. They’re trying to start a movement

A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has ended. But even as peace in the region seems out of reach, a group of Twin Cities Palestinian peace activists and Jewish people have continued to meet and have difficult conversations.

by Catharine Richert

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March 20, 2025 4:00 AM

Cooking up a bill? Find bipartisan backers, keep dollars tight to succeed this Minnesota session

The Minnesota Legislature is about as evenly split as it can get — with 101 Democrats and 99 Republicans, with one vacant seat that had until last week been in GOP hands. That means there’s a new formula this year to get bills across the finish line.

by Dana Ferguson

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