Monthly Archives: August 2017
Swanson’s Lawsuit Forces EPA to Reconsider Air Regulations
WASHINGTON - Earlier this week, 15 states, including Minnesota, filed a legal challenge over the Trump administration’s new timeline for dealing with air pollutants....
Firefighter’s Sick Pay Abuse May Have Cost St. Paul Thousands
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The chief of the St. Paul Fire Department has suspended a captain for five days for allegedly engaging in fraudulent...
Harteau Wins National Award Weeks After Her Resignation
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Three weeks after her resignation, former Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau won a national award from the National Association of Women...
![By Fibonacci Blue from Minnesota, USA (Black Lives Matter protest in St. Paul) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://alphanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Black_Lives_Matter_protest_in_St._Paul_21558513122-218x150.jpg "BLM Apologizes for Falsely Calling Suicide a Lynching")
BLM Apologizes for Falsely Calling Suicide a Lynching
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minneapolis chapter of the Black Lives Matter organization has issued a formal apology on its Facebook page after posting photos of...
New Report On Sex Trafficking Makes Stunning Discoveries
MINNEAPOLIS - A recent report by the University of Minnesota’s Urban Research Outreach Engagement Center (UROC) made a number of discoveries in an often...
Keith Ellison: Don’t Make America Great Again
Far left Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) has a badly written screed in today’s Washington Post, locus of the corrupt and dishonest media opposition to...
Gubernatorial Candidate Calls for Single Payer Health Care
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gubernatorial candidate and State Rep. Erin Murphy (DFL-St. Paul) penned an editorial for the Pioneer Press recently calling for single-payer...
Mayo Clinic Faces Antitrust Concerns in Albert Lea
ALBERT LEA, Minn. - The controversy over Mayo Clinic Health System’s recent decision to downsize their Albert Lea hospital could soon face legal opposition.
In...
Inside the Blast: Workers Describe Minnehaha Explosion
UPDATE 09:50 a.m. — At 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, Minneapolis Fire recovered the body of John Carson, 81, as they cleared rubble from the...
GOP State Rep. Considers Senate Bid Against Klobuchar
BECKER, Minn. - Three-term Republican state Rep. Jim Newberger is leaning towards a run to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in 2018.
Newberger told...