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Minneapolis Indigenous groups seek police help with homeless camps, drug traffickers Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors want harm-reduction groups to stand down while police increase arrests.

Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors want harm-reduction groups to stand down while police increase arrests.

Wanna Buy the Cursed Rudolphs Bar-B-Que Building? - Racket Plus cops bungle Boelter manhunt, derecho watch, and the always exciting life of Marisa Simonetti in today's Flyover news roundup.

In today's Flyover news roundup:

Meatpacking workers allege Hormel Foods violated sick leave law in class action lawsuit • Minnesota Reformer The union representing more than 1,600 Hormel workers in Austin announced a class action lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the meat processing giant violated Minnesota’s earned sick and safe time law for ...

Meatpacking workers allege Hormel Foods violated sick leave law in class action lawsuit minnesotareformer.com/briefs/meatp...

Which labor bills passed — and which didn’t — in Minnesota in 2025 • Minnesota Reformer Having lost control of the Legislature and confronting a looming budget deficit, Democrats were forced to abandon plans to advance pro-worker legislation and instead defend their gains from the histor...

Which labor bills passed — and which didn’t — in Minnesota in 2025 minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/16/w...

A Democratic legislator was assassinated; right-wing influencers coughed out disinformation • Minnesota Reformer Right-wing influencers marred Hortman’s death and smeared Walz on a pile of lies.

A Democratic legislator was assassinated; right-wing influencers coughed out disinformation minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/14/a...

The Hortman family helped raise and train dogs to partner with veterans. One of the many reasons we will miss Melissa and Mark.

Legislature creates new state office to mediate HOA disputes • Minnesota Reformer An effort to pass sweeping reforms to the laws governing homeowners’ associations and their property management companies largely failed in the Legislature this year, despite a chorus of complaints fr...

The Legislature passed a bill creating a new Ombudsperson to mediate disputes between HOA boards and homeowners.

It's the only piece of a large HOA reform package that passed this year. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/12/l...

Burned out by workplace violence, nurses demand higher staffing from Minnesota hospitals • Minnesota Reformer Ericka Helling is used to being attacked on the job. She’s been bitten, slapped, kicked. “And that’s just a part of the day,” said Helling, a 27-year veteran nurse in the intensive care unit at M Heal...

Here's my story about the negotiations minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/21/b...

Inbox: Minnesota nurses union will vote on whether to authorize a strike, that could send some 15,000 nurses at 13 hospitals to the picket line

Minnesota public defenders narrowly vote to stick with Teamsters in polarizing election • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota public defenders narrowly voted to stick with the Teamsters following a rancorous campaign by some rank-and-file members to break away and start an independent union. The yearlong push inten...

Minnesota public defenders voted by just a 3-vote margin to stick with the Teamsters after a rancorous campaign to start an independent union

Opinion: Extreme weather requires adaptation, but the work is getting harder Changes at the federal level are beginning to limit what the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources can do.

Changes at the federal level are beginning to limit what the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources can do to mitigate impacts of extreme weather

St. Francis schools to put banned books back on shelves • Minnesota Reformer St. Francis Area Schools will place banned books back on library shelves and rewrite its library policy to comply with state law, according to a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by the teachers u...

St. Francis schools will put banned books back on shelves after settling lawsuits with the teachers union and the ACLU. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/10/s...

Legislature tweaks paid family leave and sick time in minor concessions to businesses • Minnesota Reformer The narrowly divided Minnesota Legislature passed the smallest of changes to the state’s paid family leave program and paid sick leave mandate, rejecting more significant reversals sought by Republica...

The changes to paid family leave and sick time are so small you probably won't even notice them minnesotareformer.com/briefs/legis...

Democrats protect ban on noncompete agreements from carve-outs for big businesses • Minnesota Reformer Democrats successfully beat back an attack on the state’s ban on noncompete agreements, one of their signature pro-worker victories in the 2023 session, with Republicans dropping demands for carve-outs for highly paid workers hours before a marathon special session began on Monday. Under noncompete agreements, employees are barred from working for a competing company — […]

No changes to noncompete ban in Minnesota after a concerted effort by large companies to roll it back for highly paid workers. Rep. Greenman told me yesterday she's never worked so hard for nothing to happen minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/10/d...

‘I’m a citizen,’ clarifies Minnesota Democrat after saying she came to the U.S. illegally • Minnesota Reformer Rep. Kaohly Her, DFL-St. Paul, revealed a stunning detail about herself during a debate on the Minnesota House floor Monday: She came to the United States illegally as a child. “I am illegal in this c...

In an interview with the Reformer, Her clarified that she and her parents are U.S. citizens.

Legislature to repeal MinnesotaCare for undocumented adults • Minnesota Reformer Despite Democratic-Farmer-Labor control of the state Senate, the governor’s office, and half of the House, Republicans forced Democrats to roll back one of their signature accomplishments from the 202...

The Minnesota Legislature is expected to vote today to repeal undocumented adults' eligibility in MinnesotaCare, the state's subsidized health insurance program. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/09/l...

Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.

Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:

newrepublic.com/article/1961...

this is the first time in Minnesota, so those people were right until yesterday! (although people have been convicted under adjacent statutes like theft by swindle)

Here's the judge's order from April www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Nothing recent in Minnesota. The sentencing is in line with state guidelines, according to Moriarty. The sentencing worksheet hasn't been posted. The judge did say in his conviction ruling that there were aggravating factors justifying an upward departure (from a stayed prison sentence of 21 months)

SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…

Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.

ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.

seiuca.org/press-releas...

First person convicted of felony wage theft in Minnesota sentenced to three years probation • Minnesota Reformer A painting contractor was sentenced on Friday to three years probation for stealing more than $37,000 in wages from five workers at an affordable housing development in Minneapolis. Frederick Leon New...

First person convicted of felony wage theft in Minnesota sentenced to three years probation minnesotareformer.com/briefs/first...

EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn.

BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky

Minnesota state workers say they’re ready to strike over return-to-office — and other labor news • Minnesota Reformer Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: State workers say they’re strike ready; Job Corps students face homelessness; Minnesota surpasses 3...

In the Break Room:
👉Minnesota state workers say they’re ready to strike over return-to-office
👉Job Corps students face homelessness after Trump cuts
👉 Minnesota surpasses 3 million jobs in 2024
👉doctors and nurses picket across the state. minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/06/m...

Gov. Tim Walz to call special session for Monday, Legislature aims to pass 14 bills in one day • Minnesota Reformer Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders have a signed agreement for a special legislative session on Monday, with the goal of passing 14 already agreed-upon bills in one day, according to a document obt...

Gov. Tim Walz to call special session for Monday, Legislature aims to pass 14 bills in one day minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/06/g...

Walz says Trump administration is ghosting states, leaving government vulnerable in crisis • Minnesota Reformer Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday said that communication between states and the federal government under the second Trump administration “is nonexistent,” opening the door to catastrophe in the case of a nat...

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday said that communication between states and the federal government under the second Trump administration “is nonexistent,” opening the door to catastrophe in the case of a natural disaster or other emergency.

Gov. Tim Walz calls federal raid in Minneapolis 'chaotic' • Minnesota Reformer Gov. Tim Walz called Tuesday’s major law enforcement presence in south Minneapolis “chaotic” and said his Department of Public Safety had no advance notice.  “I think any professional, especially in l...

Gov. Tim Walz called Tuesday’s major law enforcement presence in south Minneapolis “chaotic” and said his Department of Public Safety had no advance notice.

State seeks to cancel permit for St. Paul’s Northern Iron foundry The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency described it as a “rare and lengthy process” that likely will entail a contested case hearing before an administrative law judge.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency moves to shut down Northern Iron Foundry on St. Paul’s East Side. Expect a fight: www.twincities.com/2025/06/05/s...

MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe

TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day

MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

“Maybe he’s a wunderkind. Maybe he’s Doogie Howser and has everything at 21yo... to lead the office. But that’s not likely the case,” said one counterterrorism researcher who has worked with CP3 officials for years. “It sounds like putting the intern in charge.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...