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UPDATE: MN Measles Epidemic Keeps Climbing – 32 Confirmed Cases

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) says the current measles epidemic has climbed to 32 confirmed cases. The latest number measles cases surpasses the last measles...

Blue Cross Blue Shield Pays Out $328K for Misleading Website

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) reached an agreement with the Minnesota Commerce Department to pay a $45,000 fine and pay...
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Minnesota Law Unclear on Criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Female genital mutilation (FGM) is illegal in all 50 states, but Minnesota, and some other states, still allow parents to...

Mumps Breaks Out at the University of Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS - Mumps has hit six students at the University of Minnesota according to a campus wide email sent out Friday. This comes at the...

Turmoil Erupts in MNGOP Chair Race Days Before Election

MINNEAPOLIS -- With six days remaining before delegates congregate in St. Cloud to choose the Minnesota Republican Party’s next Chairman or Chairwoman, a memo...

Challenger Accuses Alondra Cano of “Jim Crow” Voter Suppression

MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis City Council candidate Mohamed Farah accused Incumbent Ward 9 City Council Member Alondra Cano of using “Jim Crow tactics” in her...

Another Innovation Executive Let Go by Target

MINNEAPOLIS - Target’s stock price is now hovering around the $54 mark, and the retail giant let go of another senior executive as the...

OPINION: The March for Selective Science

This weekend, protesters gathered in St. Paul for a demonstration which served as yet another platform to yell and scream against the Trump Administration...

Mexican Cartels Use Ford Fusions to Smuggle Marijuana into Minnesota

ST PAUL, MN - In a joint investigation with TRUNEWS, Alpha News has discovered recent drug busts involving Ford Fusions in Minnesota may be...

Group Calls for Dayton’s Veto on Bill to Block Minimum Wage Ordinances

ST. PAUL, MN. - The group “15 Now Minnesota” is calling for DFL Governor Mark Dayton’s veto on legislation recently passed by the Minnesota...