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EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — The "toolkit" to protect the rights of transgender students, which recently was distributed to Minnesota school superintendents, "was given to us as a guide" and is not legally binding, said East Grand Forks Superintendent Mike Kolness. "The Toolkit...

ST. PAUL — Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton said Friday that he would remain on the Council of Governors, which is technically appointed by President Donald Trump but serves as a subcommittee of the National Governors Association. The Pioneer Press inquired whether Dayton, a Trump...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota United owner Bill McGuire is gaining control of the Midway Shopping Center as its master tenant, removing the last major impediment toward building a Major League Soccer stadium on the St. Paul site. St. Paul Port Authority President Lee Krueger said McGuire's...

The comedian Dick Gregory rose to national prominence in the early 1960s as a black satirist whose audacious style of humor was biting, subversive and topical, mostly centered on current events, politics and above all, racial tensions. His trademark was the searing punchline. "A Southern...

ST. PAUL — Fifteen years into a nationwide push to provide every student with an equal education, Minnesota schools have grown more segregated and the state's nation-leading academic achievement gap refuses to close. Minnesota now has more than 200 schools where students of...

Motorcycle rider dies after crashing into ditch MCINTOSH, Minn.—A 65-year-old male from Oklee, Minn., has died after crashing a motorcycle. The driver was traveling west on Highway 2, east of McIntosh, Minn., when he lost control of a Honda Shadow motorcycle and went into the...