Best Read Minnesota Headlines

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#1 Let’s Win One for the Good Guys: A Familiar Claims Situation

May 30 2024 // Growing up we all watched television shows and movies pitting the good guy against the bad guy. Often the bad guy held some power over the good guy, either as the boss, the holder of all the money or the mortgagee. A level...

#2 Attempted Bribe Doesn’t Stop Jurors From Convicting Defendants in $40M Fraud Scheme

Jun 10 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million from a program that was supposed to feed children during the...

#3 EPA Assessment Reveals Persistent Nutrient Pollution in US Rivers and Streams

Jan 22 2024 // The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently released...

#4 A Look at the Liquor Liability Landscape

Mar 18 2024 // Liquor liability availability and pricing have put small business owners in the alcohol-related sector in some states in a bind. While securing coverage is easy in some areas, premiums have skyrocketed and carriers have...

#5 Audit: Incomplete Information Led to Resignation of Minnesota Marijuana Regulator

Jan 29 2024 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota governor’s office did not have complete information about the woman the governor appointed as director of Minnesota’s new marijuana regulatory agency, leading to her...

#6 New Jersey, Minnesota Sue Glock Over Firearms With Adaptable Switches

Dec 16 2024 // NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock last Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute.New Jersey Attorney...

#7 Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Minnesota Trooper in Fatal Shooting of Black Man

Nov 1 2024 // A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against a white Minnesota state trooper who shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop last year, ruling that the trooper’s actions did not violate the...

#8 Minnesota County to Pay $3.4M to Settle Suit Over Detainee’s Death

Nov 13 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s most populous county will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after spending days...

#9 Minnesota Program Fails to Deter Alcohol Overservice

May 30 2024 // A strategy aimed at preventing Minnesota restaurants and bars from serving alcohol to patrons who are already intoxicated does not appear to be effective, according to a study recently published in Alcohol: Clinical and...

#10 Smithfield to Pay $2 Million in Minnesota Child Labor Violation Settlement

Nov 18 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota, officials announced...

#11 Minneapolis Settles Suit Alleging Journalists Were Harassed, Hurt Covering Floyd Protests

Feb 14 2024 // The city of Minneapolis agreed last week to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment and even hurt while covering protests over the police killings of George Floyd.The...

#12 Minnesota Company Fined $730K After Worker Drowns Removing Lake Weed

Dec 4 2024 // The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI’s) Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) Compliance announced it has has issued a $730,000 penalty to Your Lake Aquatic Plant Management, LLC, in Columbia Heights,...

#13 Accuweather: Record Warm Winter Costs Businesses Billions in Losses

Apr 18 2024 // Unseasonably warm winter weather cost businesses and event planners in the northern Plains and upper Midwest billions of dollars in estimated losses, according to estimates from Accuweather.Minnesota, North Dakota,...

#14 House Collapses Into Flood-Swollen River Near Minnesota Dam Amid Storms

Jun 28 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the upper Midwest.Video shows...

#15 Families of 5 Men Killed by Minnesota Police Reach $165K Settlement

Apr 2 2024 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Families of five men killed by police have reached a settlement with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in their lawsuit seeking the investigative files on the fatal shootings.The...

#16 Minnesota Adds Stricter Guidelines for Rehabilitation Services in Work Comp Claims

Jul 30 2024 // Injured Minnesota employees who seek services from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Vocational Rehabilitation unit (VRU) while their disputed workers’ compensation claim goes through the litigation...

#17 FedEx Sued for Violating Federal Law by Discriminating Against Minnesota Driver

Sep 9 2024 // The Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified, disabled ramp transport drivers with medical restrictions, and instead forced them to take...

#18 Minnesota Ammunition Manufacturer to Pay $349K Over Clean Air Act Violations

Sep 16 2024 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Federal Cartridge Co. in Anoka, Minnesota, for alleged Clean Air Act violations.Federal Cartridge is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of...

#19 Minnesota Dam Risks Failure During Wave of Intense US Weather

Jun 26 2024 // A dam holding back swollen flood waters in Minnesota was at risk of failure Monday as intense weather buffeted much of the US.The Blue Earth River has cut around the west side of the Rapidan Dam, local officials warned in...

#20 Ford Pro Expands to Minnesota and Maryland

Jul 10 2024 // Ford Pro is expanding the availability of its commercial auto coverage, Ford Pro Insure, to Maryland and Minnesota. Ford Pro is underwritten by Ford Credit’s insurance subsidiary and powered by Pie...