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Woman serving life sentence in Shakopee to attend Mitchell Hamline law school
The acceptance of Mitchell Hamline School of Law’s newest student was such a big deal that Dean Anthony Niedwiecki wanted to deliver the news in-person last week — on the grounds of the state women’s...
View ArticleSt. Paul district drafts smudging policy, allowing ceremonial burning in schools
St. Paul Public Schools is drafting a new policy that would allow students to engage in the American Indian cultural practice of smudging in buildings throughout the school district. Smudging involves...
View ArticlePetitions submitted to put St. Paul property tax hike for preschool expansion...
A coalition working to expand publicly funded preschool and child care through a series of St. Paul property tax increases turned in petitions Wednesday to get the measure on ballots in November. SPARK...
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Woman sent lewd packages after St. Anthony teacher’s firing, harassment...
Earlier this year, while a high school choir teacher was fighting to get his old job back, his friend mailed two lewd packages to the St. Anthony-New Brighton superintendent, according to a criminal...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools struggles to measure what’s working for students
When he was hired as St. Paul Public Schools superintendent in 2017, Joe Gothard was determined to evaluate the district’s many programs, commitments and partnerships and put a stop to whatever wasn’t...
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Hats off to thee: Top Graduates 2022
Hats off to thee, indeed. The high school graduates of 2022 overcame many disruptions en route to their diplomas. Before their freshman year ended, schools were shuttered to stymie the spread of the...
View ArticleUMN regent denies conflict as he resigns to seek Duluth’s interim chancellor job
A retired utility executive who resigned from the University of Minnesota Board of Regents last week to pursue the top job at the system’s Duluth campus strenuously denied Friday that he has a quid pro...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board approves $909 million budget
The St. Paul school board on Tuesday approved $909 million in planned spending for the upcoming school year as the district closes five schools in response to falling enrollment, expands opportunities...
View ArticleMinnesota State colleges, universities raise tuition 3.5% for nearly all...
Students at nearly all of the 26 Minnesota State colleges and seven universities will pay 3.5 percent more for tuition next year under a $2.1 billion budget approved Wednesday by the system’s Board of...
View ArticleSt. Paul’s next basic income experiment will send 333 families $12,000, plus...
The City of St. Paul is expanding its guaranteed basic income experiment, giving monthly checks to more families while also making deposits into their children’s college savings accounts. With the city...
View ArticleGrads of first US Apple Developer Academy feted in Detroit
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER DETROIT (AP) — The inaugural class of the Detroit Apple Developer Academy, a free program that teaches students the fundamentals of coding, design, marketing and project management,...
View ArticleSt. Paul preschool petition drive falls short, but council will be asked to...
A ballot initiative to provide affordable early education for St. Paul families fell short on its petition effort, so organizers will ask the City Council to directly place it before voters in...
View ArticleWhy St. Paul Public Schools is spending $1.7M on free meals for higher-income...
For the last two years, Congress has provided free school meals for all students, no matter their family income, because of the coronavirus pandemic. With that benefit now expired, Minnesota school...
View ArticleCampus committee backs former U regent as interim chancellor of UMD
DULUTH, Minn. — A Duluth-area businessman and former University of Minnesota regent could soon temporarily head the University of Minnesota Duluth. An 18-person committee of university staff and...
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Player’s mom to pay $50,000 to settle Woodbury HS basketball coach’s...
Nearly nine years after leading a campaign of lies to get her daughter’s basketball coach fired, a Chanhassen woman has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle the coach’s defamation lawsuit. Julie Bowlin, 55,...
View ArticleUMN President Gabel gets full $50,000 bonus under new contract
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel earned her full $50,000 performance bonus last year, according to the U’s Board of Regents. Gabel received a new five-year contract in December that...
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UMN regents approve hiring of former board chair as interim Duluth chancellor
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents voted 9-2 Wednesday to make its former chairman the two-year interim chancellor of the Duluth campus. University of Minnesota regent David McMillan listens...
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Retired professor Tadd Johnson to fill UMN Board of Regents vacancy
Former University of Minnesota professor Tadd Johnson will become the first American Indian member of the U’s Board of Regents, Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday. Retired University of Minnesota...
View ArticleSt. Paul City Council considers pre-K, child care ballot proposal. Here are...
The St. Paul City Council will vote this month on whether to add a question to the November ballot asking residents to fund child care and early-learning options for low-income residents. The proposal...
View ArticleHigh school for immigrants to change buildings as St. Paul district adds to...
St. Paul Public Schools announced Tuesday that one more school is changing locations as part of an in-progress building consolidation amid declining enrollment. LEAP High School, which serves around...
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