Two school districts and the state teachers union sued to require federal authorities treat schools as protected areas, free of immigration enforcement. While the request for an immediate end was denied, the case continues.

Two Minneapolis charities are facing a lawsuit alleging that their leaders spent more than $2 million of the nonprofits’ money on luxury travel, clothing and cash payments to themselves and their families.

Supporters of the 45-day pre-eviction notice extension say it is needed to help keep renters impacted by the ICE surge this winter in their homes. But others say it will only deepen rent debt and burden some affordable housing suppliers.

A Minnesota man may receive $4.5 million from the state, after spending nearly two decades in prison for a murder conviction that was later overturned.

Small Minnesota towns are seeing big returns on their investments into the arts. This story on arts in southwest Minnesota is the first part in an MPR News series on how art shapes rural economies.

Of the 36 people charged with assaulting immigration agents during the winter enforcement operation, prosecutors have dismissed cases against 14. But prosecutors are pressing forward with others, including one that a judge calls “perplexing.”