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Univ. of Minnesota Football Players’ Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed

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...

Minnesota Art Professor Sues After Firing Over Prophet Muhammad Images

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...

Minnesota Lawmakers Start Down Path to Legalizing Recreational Marijuana

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...

Minnesota Health Care Provider to Settle $180K Disability Discrimination Suit

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...

Minnesota Environmental Reviews Now Include Climate Impact

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...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Minnesota-Based Mahowald

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...

AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Minnesota’s RAM Mutual

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...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Minnesota’s f3 Companies

Oct 31 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of the f3 Companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Included in the acquisition are Burnsville, Minnesota-based f3Logic, LLC; Burnsville,...

Chinese Billionaire Settles Minnesota Student’s Rape Allegations

Oct 17 2022 // Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed earlier this month to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of...

Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Arson, Insurance Fraud He Blamed on Politics

Oct 13 2022 // A Minnesota man pleaded guilty Tuesday to filing fraudulent insurance claims for a staged arson he attempted to portray as a politically-motivated attack.Federal officials said Denis Molla, 30, of Brooklyn Center, falsely...

Fire Destroys Popular Minnesota Ski Lodge

Oct 12 2022 // Fire has destroyed the main lodge at a popular ski resort in northwestern Minnesota.Officials say the main building at Maplelag, which caught fire Monday morning, is expected to be declared a total loss. The cause of the...

Chinese Billionaire Settles Minnesota Rape Allegations

Oct 3 2022 // Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of dinner and drinks with...

Chinese Billionaire Faces Civil Trial in Minnesota Over Alleged Rape

Sep 30 2022 // A Chinese billionaire, one of the richest people in the world, is heading to trial in Minneapolis to defend himself against allegations that he raped a former University of Minnesota student after a night of dinner and...

Man Burned at Minnesota Brewery to Receive $56 Million

Sep 12 2022 // A St. Paul man who was severely scalded by hot water while working at a local brewery is due to receive $56 million in damages and interest after filing a lawsuit six years ago.A Ramsey County jury awarded DeWarren Harris...

Duante Wright’s Passenger Sues Minnesota Town, Officer

Aug 4 2022 // The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb last year is suing the city and the former officer who killed him.The lawsuit says passenger Alayna...

Minnesota Storms Knock Out Power to 75,000 Customers

Aug 4 2022 // Severe storms knocked out power to as many as 75,000 customers across Minnesota where power poles were toppled and winds gusted as high as 81 mph in the state’s southern region.The largest power outages were west of...

Christensen Group Acquires Minnesota’s Foster White

Jul 22 2022 // Foster White of Monticello and New Ulm, Minnesota has been acquired by Christensen Group Insurance (CG) based in Eden Prairie. Foster White has been owned locally for over 50 years and joining Christensen Group to become...

Minnesota Officials Report State’s First Case of Monkeypox

Jun 29 2022 // Minnesota health officials say a Twin Cities adult has contracted the state’s first presumed case of monkeypox, a disease that has emerged in more than 50 countries and 26 U.S. states.The state public health lab...

US Supreme Court Declines to Review Minnesota Ruling on Marijuana Use in Workers’ Comp

Jun 27 2022 // The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a pair of decisions by the Minnesota Supreme Court that held employers cannot be required to reimburse workers for marijuana used to treat on-the-job injuries because the...

2 Minnesota Construction Workers Die After Trench Collapses on Them

Jun 21 2022 // Two construction workers died after a trench collapsed on top of them in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, and one of their bodies was found 9 feet underground roughly 12 hours later.St. Paul Deputy Fire Chief...