All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 11 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota is on the verge of banning non-essential uses of “forever chemicals.” And lawmakers say they are naming the legislation after a woman who spent the last months of her life...
Apr 20 2023 // STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) – The Metropolitan Airports Commission temporarily shut down flight operations for much of Tuesday at the St. Paul Downtown Airport while crews installed flood control barriers to hold back...
Apr 18 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota announced a settlement Monday in its lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant Altria – the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial – just...
Apr 17 2023 // Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison personally opened his state’s case against Juul Labs, accusing the e-cigarette maker of using “slick products, clever ads and attractive flavors” to hook children...
Apr 6 2023 // Hub International announced that it has acquired the assets of Horizon Agency, Inc. (Horizon Agency). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Horizon Agency is an independently...
Mar 31 2023 // RAYMOND, Minn. (AP) – A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said.The BNSF train derailed in...
Mar 30 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison personally opened his state’s case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker of using “slick products, clever ads and...
Mar 29 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is slated to lead off opening statements expected for Tuesday in his state’s lawsuit against Juul Labs – marking the first time any of the...
Mar 27 2023 // MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota utility began shutting down a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis on Friday after discovering water containing a low level of radioactive material was leaking from a pipe for the...
Mar 17 2023 // A meat processing company in Minnesota employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions, such as operating meat grinders, while they worked overnight shifts and longer hours than allowed by law, the...
Mar 9 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Immigration status will no longer disqualify more than 80, 000 people from getting Minnesota drivers licenses under a bill signed by Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday.Supporters of the effort, dubbed...
Feb 15 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota health officials have urged workers at the Federal Ammunition company plant in Anoka to get their children tested for lead exposure after four kids with family members who work there were...
Feb 7 2023 // Greenlight Capital Re, through its Greenlight Re Innovations, announced an investment in Vertical Insure, Inc., a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based embedded insurance program. Vertical Insure addresses distribution...
Feb 2 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nine former University of Minnesota football players who were accused of sexual assault in 2016 in a case that roiled the school’s football...
Jan 20 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art...
Jan 18 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Legislature embarked on a path toward legalizing recreational marijuana for adults last Wednesday when a legislative committee held the first hearing of the year on a bill that...
Jan 17 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS – North Memorial Health, a health care provider that operates two hospitals and 26 specialty and primary care clinics, urgent and emergency care facilities and medical transportation services throughout the...
Dec 27 2022 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota environmental regulators are now requiring developers to calculate projects’ effects on the climate.The state’s environmental review process requires regulators to consider a...
Dec 12 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Mahowald Insurance, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1930, Mahowald is a retail insurance agency offering...
Dec 1 2022 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of RAM Mutual Insurance...