After being shot, Sen. Hoffman opens up about healing process, a path ahead with ‘clarity’
January 20, 2026
State Sen. John Hoffman offered his first series of interviews since a June assassination attempt left him and his wife wounded the same night a colleague, Melissa Hortman, was killed.
Rhapsody in Black: Paul Freeman meets MLK
January 16, 2026
Find out how a chance meeting with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. helped give composer and conductor Paul Freeman the resolve to make classical music more inclusive and diverse on the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast. Listen now.
Minnesota business owners feeling the effects of ICE enforcement actions
January 15, 2026
Immigrant-owned businesses across the state are closing or reducing their hours because staff members, even those who are in the U.S. legally, are worried about being profiled and detained by federal ICE and CBP agents.
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
January 14, 2026
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned about their patients.
Twin Cities students walk out, decry ICE as surge continues
January 13, 2026
Hundreds of Twin Cities high school students walked out of school Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Officials are increasingly concerned about high absenteeism in some schools with families fearing being caught up in ICE operations.
Anti-ICE protesters gather in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis
January 12, 2026
Thousands of people gathered in frigid temperatures on Saturday afternoon to protest ICE and the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
Shaken and reeling from another traumatic week, Minnesotans search for healing and hope
January 9, 2026
This was the week that shook Minnesota. Scars from a summer political assassination got ripped open. Minnesota’s governor retreated from his reelection campaign while voicing concern over a crush of federal actions. Sprawling frustrations over fraud drew a congressional spotlight. Then an immigration enforcement push took a deadly turn in Minneapolis. How to make sense of it all?
Questions, protests follow after ICE agent kills a woman in Minneapolis
January 8, 2026
On Wednesday, Minnesota found itself again at the center of tense tragedy, struggling for answers with a national and global audience looking on.
Hundreds gather to mourn Renee Good, Minneapolis woman shot and killed by ICE agent
January 7, 2026
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning.
Live updates: Eyewitness says ICE agents gave conflicting orders before shooting woman
January 7, 2026
ICE says a woman killed by one of their agents Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis was attempting to run over agents with her car. Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz challenged that narrative. As he pleaded for peace, Walz said he’s issued a “warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard” for possible action.