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Minnesota bans marijuana smoking in apartments
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Apartments are not a safe haven for smoking marijuana. A new law instituted this summer means landlords have to ban cannabis smoking in multifamily homes — places with at least three units. Hiding in plain sight is the new approach for smoking cannabis...
Oldest Black-owned newspaper in Minnesota turning 90 years old
ListenOldest Black-owned newspaper in Minnesota turning 90 years old. The oldest Black-owned newspaper in Minnesota is celebrating 90 years of publication. On Aug. 10, 1934, the Minneapolis Spokesman and the St. Paul Recorder began printing news for what was then a small, but growing, Black community. The papers would later be combined into the Minnesota Spokesman.
Nearly half of all lieutenant governors are women. Could the future of the governor's office be female?
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Here's when you can see the Perseid meteor shower in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — The peak of a popular summer meteor shower is coming up this weekend.The Perseids, one of the best shows of the year, are already underway. However the most dazzling part of the display takes place Aug. 11 and Aug. 12.The show will compete with the light from a waxing crescent moon that won't set until a little before 11 p.m.Therefore, the best time to catch the meteor shower will be after 11 p.m. Sunday until dawn and 11 p.m. Monday until dawn.Even with the moon, NASA says up to 100 meteors could be visible each hour. They say you can look in any direction, but they'll be originating in the northeast sky from the constellation Perseus.The NEXT Weather forecast is calling for a partly cloudy sky Sunday night with evening temperatures falling through the 60s. Fewer clouds are expected Monday night.The Perseids will continue through Aug. 24.
Art Briefs: Rendezvous and powwow in Grand Portage, and more
Arts Briefs is a weekly roundup of Minnesota arts news compiled by the MPR News arts and culture team. Grand Portage National Monument in northern Minnesota is hosting its annual Rendezvous Days this weekend. The free event celebrates the site’s Native heritage that dates back millennia and the fur trapping...
Kamala Harris campaign leans into celebrity influence with Bon Iver, Megan Thee Stallion
EAU CLAIRE — Before Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took the stage for their rally in western Wisconsin, they brought up an act they hoped would resonate with Midwesterners: Grammy award-winning indie folk band Bon Iver. “This is a pretty good showing for Wisconsin, I’d say,” frontman Justin Vernon...
Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Eviscerated for Claiming Milwaukee Is in Minnesota: 'It's Time to Step Down'
Fox News host Laura Ingraham got backlash for claiming she knows "Minnesota well," though she mixed it up with neighboring state of Wisconsin when criticizing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.First, Ingraham said Kamala Harris' VP pick has a "tiny brain" and slammed his handling of the aftermath of George Floyd's murder in his state.“Sure, Tim Walz was a popular teacher but listen to him for five minutes on YouTube and you realize why so many high schoolers don’t know much about the constitution. They learn from people like Walz," she said. Laura Ingraham: If you know Minnesota well, and I know...
GOP’s Protect the Vote tour stops in Minnesota to recruit election judges, challengers
The Republican National Committee’s Protect the Vote tour stopped in Chaska this week. Attendees heard from Republican party leaders and received training on election laws. The tour seeks to recruit election judges and polling place observers across the country. “We believe when every legal vote is counted — and...
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