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More freedom for students to smudge
Throughout the summer, several faculty members worked together to update the residential smudging guidelines for the University’s residence halls, aiming to make the cultural practice more accessible for Indigenous residents. Smudging is a sacred practice in Indigenous culture used for various reasons depending on the person, such as the...
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16 Schools on the Chopping Block, Lethal Utility Poles, and Deluge Flooding: The Twin Cities Crisis Guide: Minneapolis and St. Paul’s Week In Review
It is a chaotic weekend across the metro, but Twin Cities residents are holding their ground. Families are mobilizing after the Minneapolis public schools superintendent floated plans to shutter up to 16 neighborhood schools. Meanwhile, even after a torrential downpour triggered flood alerts, community members showed up in full force for local food and cinema festivals.
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St. Paul's new Afrocentric magnet school opens in Rondo neighborhood
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - St. Paul Public Schools opened the Benjamin E. Mays Afrocentric Magnet School in the city's historic Rondo neighborhood earlier this month, giving students of color a chance to see themselves reflected in their education. A school rooted in history and community. What we know:
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2026 Election: ISD 197 School Board
Thanks to Dakota County and Lindsay Bjerke with Norton Realty for their support. We talked with candidates for the ISD 197 School Board. Our candidate questionnaire covers top priorities, school funding, the voter levy, and more. full voter’s guide for information on other local races. Race profile: ISD 197...
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U of M to Remove Flock Camera After Cedar-Riverside Privacy Outcry
The University of Minnesota says it will remove a Flock Safety license plate reader camera associated with the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood after community members raised alarms about surveillance and privacy. The university's decision follows concerns about the camera, according to Axios. The university, meanwhile, operates automated license plate reader cameras. University...
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Wait, what? Concordia University, St. Paul, is dropping tuition costs hoping to get more to consider college
It's something you don't hear about often, but St. Paul's Concordia College making a bold move. They are cutting tuition costs for undergraduates. "We know one of the realities is sticker shock," says school president Brian Friedrich.
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Warrants: Daycare received $11.8M in CCAP funds despite early reports of suspicious activity
Attendance records and questions about program eligibility are at the center of an investigation into a St. Paul daycare that received nearly $12 million in taxpayer funds from 2017 to 2026.
KSTP 5 Eyewitness News Minneapolis-St. Paul MN
New program connecting Minnesota high schoolers to skilled trade jobs hopes to close industry gap
CBS News
Minnesota college dropping its tuition back to what it was 20 years ago
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St. Paul Daycare Took $11.8M in CCAP Funds Despite Years of Fraud Warnings
A shuttered St. Paul daycare collected more than $11.8 million in taxpayer-funded childcare assistance between 2017 and 2026, even though state and nonprofit compliance workers flagged suspicious activity at the site as far back as 2018. Newly unsealed search warrants describe investigators finding just five children in attendance during a raid on Diamond Daycare, located on Lexington Parkway North, despite the center's outsized billing to Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program.