Via Bring Me the News: Bluestem Brands will lay off half its staff at its Eden Prairie headquarters this spring. The company, which owns Minnesota-based retailer Fingerhut, recently informed the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development of the upcoming layoffs.
Via KARE 11 and the Associated Press: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined 13 other states challenging the authority of billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government data and exercise “virtually unchecked power” in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
Madison Hunter at FOX 9 reports a lawsuit has been filed against the Metropolitan Council, which accuses the council of, through the actions of former Metro Transit Chief of Police Eddie Frizell, discriminating against two former Metro Transit police officers due to their race.
Clint Combs at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder is reporting Robbinsdale School Board Chair Sharon Brooks resigned following a period of controversy, where equitable funding efforts and power dynamics were called into question.
James Walsh at the Star Tribune reports Minnesotans searching for a nursing home or assisted living facility for a loved one have limited data about maltreatment reports.
Aki Nace at WCCO News reports thousands of people are expected to march Friday in Minneapolis to honor missing and murdered Indigenous people.
Louis Krauss at the Star Tribune talks with Randy Furst, 78, who’s retiring Friday as a Minnesota Star Tribune reporter after more than a half-century at the newspaper.
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