"Vance got to the point. They needed to invoke the Insurrection Act, swiftly, to crush the unrest in Minnesota. It would be painful in the short term, he said, but the message it would send — that paid agitators can't get away with disrupting ICE operations — would make sure no one tried it again."
Blanca Lara's family is one of hundreds — if not thousands — split up by deportation during Operation Metro Surge.
Her husband Hugo Diaz spent three months in detention in Texas before being deported to Guatemala. Now, the family is fighting to survive and facing difficult choices.
These days, Blanca Lara feels like crying most of the time. She struggles to sleep without her husband beside her. Her sons, 4 and 2, spend most of the day in front of the TV in their Burnsville apar...
as a lazy person, bringing good, locally roasted instant coffee is my number one camping hack
After a Burnsville father's deportation, his wife and children are facing financial insecurity, mental health challenges and personal tragedies.
Union of 500 Target Field concessions workers announces strike minnesotareformer.com/briefs/union...
Colin Hortman, son of late House Speaker Melissa Hortman, urged state legislators in a private meeting in April to tone down the rhetoric that can contribute to the kind of political violence that destroyed his family. minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/12/l...
Editor Patrick Coolican writes about his last conversation with former House Speaker Melissa Hortman, and who she was: "Principled but willing to compromise; competitive while ethically grounded; a team player but not blind to her own side’s faults" minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/12/i...
One of my weirder contributions to our shared culture was (probably) coining the hashtag #mprraccoon. It wasn't even on the MPR building, that was just the place you could see it from. But never pass up an opportunity for branding: www.mprnews.org/story/2019/0...
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The union representing over 500 Target Field concessions workers called a one-day strike on June 22, when the Minnesota Twins are scheduled to play the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, and a...
"For myself, for my sister, for our whole family, political violence will never feel abstract again,” Colin Hortman said in a Reformer interview.
These days, Blanca Lara feels like crying most of the time. She struggles to sleep without her husband beside her. Her sons, 4 and 2, spend most of the day in front of the TV in their Burnsville apar...
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absolutely wild story of two guys in an ATV accidentally coming upon a missing woman up to her mouth in muddy water in northern Minnesota
Melissa Hortman often told me things she probably shouldn’t have. One time when I was a Capitol reporter with the Star Tribune, she expressed displeasure with a profile I’d written about a Republican...
One year ago, a raccoon captured the imagination -- and hearts of many across the globe via social media -- for more than 24 hours in downtown St. Paul. Some MPR staffers looked back and recounted the...
A mother and father dropping their children off at a Baltimore school were detained by immigration enforcement agents Thursday.
State and city officials were quick to condemn the action, claiming ICE had broken earlier pledges to leave schools alone. buff.ly/S7QOy9o
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ICE agents detained two adults on public school property Thursday in a chaotic scene caught on video.
#OnThisDay June 12 2018: First noticed by @mprnews.org employees, the "MPR Raccoon" causes a worldwide media sensation when it climbs 22 stories up UBS Plaza in downtown St Paul MN. Rescuers capture the animal from the roof the next morning and release it at an undisclosed location.
