That news conference - including State Fire Marshal Dan Krier, Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Amanda Swenson and White Bear Lake Fire Chief Greg Peterson - is scheduled for 11 a.m.

Education staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked Trump officials to explain why the Census Bureau's parent agency cut a ban on political interference from its scientific integrity policy, as NPR first reported.

The investigations by attorneys general follow a recent bankruptcy filing in the face of civil lawsuits, falling revenues, and impending debt payments.

Pinch-hitter Walker Jenkins hit an RBI single in the seventh inning that put Minnesota ahead and the Twins won their second straight over the San Francisco Giants with a 4-2 victory.

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban of three news outlets from the White House. He said CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored. Reporters from all three outlets said they were blocked early Thursday, a few hours after the order.

When he was a teen, "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Bob the Drag Queen spent nine months in the Twin Cities. Bob will perform Friday at the Fitzgerald Theater for his "Now Clap!" national tour.

Art Hounds recommend theater in St. Paul, a community art exhibit in Duluth and a night of jazz in Minneapolis.

Minnesota high schoolers are using cannabis at lower rates than a decade ago, but researchers say disparities remain for marginalized groups. Experts point to changing social norms and prevention efforts that may be driving the decline.

In Rochester, new biomedical companies are growing out of Mayo Clinic. And local leaders want those companies to stay and grow in the community. But finding the right workers with the right skills is a bigger challenge.

Eichorn, 42, was one of more than a dozen men arrested in March 2025 in a sting operation led by Bloomington police. He resigned from the Minnesota Senate soon after his arrest.