All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 4 2015 // Traffic deaths in Minnesota in 2015 have surpassed last year’s totals.With a month left to go in the year, preliminary numbers from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety show 365...
Dec 3 2015 // Minnesota health officials will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August, they announced on Dec. 2 in a long-awaited decision that could expand enrollment in the state’s...
Nov 30 2015 // For the fourth time in three years, a Bloomer, Wis., roofing contractor was found ignoring workplace safety laws, federal and state safety officials say.The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said...
Nov 24 2015 // Minnesota officials are targeting tractor rollovers as a way to improve safety on the farm.Key legislators and representatives of three state agencies met for the first time last week to gather information on how other...
Nov 20 2015 // MNsure has tapped its interim leader to run the health insurance exchange permanently even though she didn’t apply for the job.The health insurance exchange’s board selected Allison O’Toole to remain at...
Nov 19 2015 // Des Moines, Iowa-based hospital and medical clinic company UnityPoint Health is getting into the health insurance business.The company said it has partnered with Bloomington, Minn., health care provider and insurer...
Nov 17 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance.Rothman said the anti-consumer...
Nov 6 2015 // Minnesota’s health exchange has named an experienced former insurance executive as the sole finalist to take over as the fourth CEO of the embattled, three-year-old organization.MNsure board members publicly...
Oct 19 2015 // A Minnesota jury has awarded $9.1 million to a former auto mechanic who sued his anesthesiologists after suffering spinal cord damage and paralysis in a 2012 surgery.Joseph Lakoskey’s attorney argued that an...
Oct 16 2015 // Ask truck drivers about the most important aspect of their job and chances are you will get the same answer: safety.Last year, about 78,000 total crashes were reported to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Of those...
Oct 11 2015 // Minnesota insurers have routed thousands of customers away from MNsure, a financial boon for the companies but one that creates enrollment and revenue headaches for an exchange already confronting concerns about long-term...
Sep 23 2015 // Safety officials in Minnesota are urging motorists to safely share the road with farm equipment as the harvest gears up. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says drivers need to watch out for slow-moving farm...
Sep 8 2015 // The Science Museum of Minnesota has conceded defeat in its legal fight with a design firm over persistent and costly water damage to the $100 million building that is one of the state’s top tourist...
Aug 28 2015 // The subcontractor involved in a fatal accident at the Minnesota Vikings stadium construction site has received nine citations for worksite safety violations in the past five years, according to public records.A Berwald...
Aug 6 2015 // A concentrated law enforcement effort against speeding on Minnesota roadways has yielded more than 16,000 citations.The Department of Public Safety says more than 300 law enforcement agencies participated in the crackdown...
Jul 24 2015 // About one in five railroad bridges that pass over Minnesota roadways are structurally deficient, according to state and local inspections last year.Railroad bridges are in worse condition than road bridges, with just over...
Jul 17 2015 // Dozens of parishes in the Twin Cities want the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to pay their costs for settling clergy abuse claims.About 120 parishes want the archdiocese to reimburse them for paying too much into...
Jul 16 2015 // Storms that tore through the Brainerd, Minn.-area closed resorts, displaced more than 900 vacationers around Gull Lake and left thousands without power during the height of the summer vacation season.Two popular resorts,...
Jul 14 2015 // Several Midwest states have been hit with damaging winds, tornadoes and flooding over the past several days.Forecasters say at least four unconfirmed tornadoes may touched down in western Minnesota when strong storms moved...
Jun 29 2015 // The Science Museum of Minnesota, a major tourist attraction that opened its new, $100 million home just 15 years ago, has serious water infiltration problems that could leave state taxpayers with a hefty repair bill.Museum...