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2 days ago · BY: Max Nesterak - November 13, 2024. It was the biggest wage theft case the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office ever brought. More than $3 million in wages allegedly stolen from hundreds of mostly undocumented immigrants working across a sprawling dairy operation with more than a dozen farms in central Minnesota.
MyPillow is getting evicted from a warehouse, but Lindell says it's …
Mar 26, 2024 · MyPillow is getting evicted from one of two Shakopee warehouses it leases, but CEO Mike Lindell told the Reformer that the building has been sitting empty since last fall.. The company’s main manufacturing warehouse — about a mile away — is where all of the Minnesota company’s products are made, including the famous foam-filled pillow, as well as bath towels, slippers, coffee and ...
A straightforward explanation and defense of the new state flag …
Mar 8, 2024 · RED LAKE — In December, the State Emblems Redesign Commission, which was created by the Legislature, adopted the new Minnesota state flag. The new flag is brilliantly blue — like the sky above us and the waters around us. The color “Minnesota Blue” was chosen for the abstract shape of Minnesota as part of the new state flag.
GOP-endorsed judicial candidate hyped Pizzagate and other …
Oct 10, 2024 · A GOP-endorsed candidate for district judge has promoted numerous fringe conspiracy theories, including the Pizzagate child sex trafficking hoax. Nathan Hansen, a practicing lawyer and longtime fixture on Minnesota’s conservative social media scene, has also called an attempted 2009 airline bombing a “false flag attack”; claimed “Satanic people run our government”; said that “all ...
Here’s how much you need to make to live in Minnesota
Feb 14, 2024 · A single person in the Twin Cities metro area needs to earn $47,442 a year — about $22 an hour — to afford the basics: food, housing, health care, transportation and a cell phone. For a family of four, the parents need to earn at least $119,229 a year — or about $28 an hour each. That’s according to the Economic Policy Institute’s ...
Here’s what you need to know about your rebate check, other …
Jul 11, 2023 · The Legislature passed multiple measures this year to give money back to Minnesotans, the first of which is set to go out in a few months. The Department of Revenue provided an update this week with some key details. Lawmakers passed a broad tax rebate for most filers; a new child tax credit and expanded […]
Crime is down, FBI says, but politicians still choose statistics to fit ...
Oct 8, 2024 · Violent crime and property crime in the United States dropped in 2023, continuing a downward trend following higher rates of crime during the pandemic, according to the FBI’s latest national crime report.. Murders and intentional manslaughter, known as non-negligent manslaughter, fell by 11.6% from 2022.
New renters’ protections take effect in 2024 - Minnesota Reformer
Jan 4, 2024 · New renters’ protections take effect in 2024. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan discusses changes to tenant law at a press conference on Jan. 4, 2024. Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer. As of Jan. 1, landlords must give renters 14 days’ notice before filing an eviction; include all required fees in the advertised rent; ensure units maintain a ...
Today is Primary Election day in Minnesota. Here’s how to vote.
Aug 13, 2024 · Government & Politics. Today is Primary Election day in Minnesota. Here’s how to vote. By: Michelle Griffith - August 13, 2024 5:00 am. A vote here sign at a polling place in Hugo in November 2020. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer. Minnesota voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the primary election.
I watched ‘The Fall of Minneapolis’ so you don’t have to
By: Deena Winter - January 11, 2024 6:00 am. Protesters are shot with pepper spray as they confront police outside the Third Police Precinct on May 27, 2020. The city has settled a wave of workers’ comp cases with police officers since the murder of George Floyd. Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images.