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Dr. Osterholm pushes ranked-choice voting at the legislature

Dr. Mike Osterholm, a University of Minnesota infectious disease expert, is perhaps best known for his opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic. But the longtime director of the...

Random attack with a gun in Dinkytown leaves young college student...

A St. Paul college student visiting Dinkytown near the University of Minnesota campus over the weekend was rewarded with a trip to the emergency...

U of M law school stops barring male and white students...

(The College Fix) -- A University of Minnesota Law School full-ride diversity fellowship sponsored by the Jones Day law firm will now consider white...

Democrats introduce multiple bills to transfer ownership of state land to...

Four pieces of legislation that Democrats have introduced at the Minnesota Legislature in recent weeks aim to transfer ownership of property they say tribal nations...

New U of M president to receive annual base salary of...

Dr. Rebecca Cunningham, the newly selected president of the University of Minnesota, will receive an annual base salary of $975,000. Additionally, the incoming university president...

Protesters cited for trespassing after climbing over fence at governor’s residence

Fourteen pro-Palestine protesters were cited for trespassing after they climbed over a fence to stage a “sit-in” on the front lawn of the Minnesota...

Lawmakers criticize U of M president for ‘lack of action’ on...

More than two dozen Republican lawmakers signed onto a letter they sent to the University of Minnesota last week blasting its interim President Jeff Ettinger for what...

Rosemount approves Meta data center despite residents’ concerns

Objections from residents didn't stop the Rosemount City Council from voting unanimously to allow tech giant Meta to move forward with building a new...

U of M professor: ‘I hope you seek to dismantle the...

At a recent event called “From Minnesota to Palestine,” left-wing activists and two University of Minnesota professors organized a panel discussion in which participants...

Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt U of M Board of Regents meeting

A group of students affiliated with the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities’ chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) disrupted the monthly Board of...