From the Minnesota Star Tribune: “Days after a federal raid in south Minneapolis drew protests and intense scrutiny, Assistant [Minneapolis] Police Chief Katie Blackwell sent a department-wide memo emphasizing they are not allowed to assist with immigration enforcement. The email was sent to sworn and civilian staff Friday afternoon, three days after two armored vehicles and federal officers rolled through the streets of south Minneapolis to serve a search warrant in connection to what federal officials called a ‘transnational criminal organization’ suspected of drug and human trafficking and money laundering.
From the Associated Press: “Adults living in the U.S. illegally will be excluded from a state-run health care program under an overall budget deal that the closely divided Minnesota Legislature convened to pass in a special session Monday. … The change is expected to affect about 17,000 residents.”
From MPR News: “Our weather pattern will take a more typical summery and thundery June turn this week. Tuesday brings plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures in the 80s to much of Minnesota. Then a warm front will stall across southern Minnesota along the Interstate 90 corridor between Wednesday and Friday. That front will be the focus of a few rounds of thunderstorms.”
From WCCO News: “The University of Minnesota is proposing tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and cuts to academic programs for the next fiscal year as it navigates what it calls ‘unprecedented challenges facing higher education.’ Under the proposal, undergraduate tuition rates would increase at all of U of M campuses across the state.”
From Bring Me The News: “Anxiety over current U.S. border and LGBTQ policies under the Trump administration has led a Canadian group to scrap the Minnesota leg of its annual cross-border Pride parade. Borderland Pride has announced that its cross-border Pride March will not start in International Falls this year. The event will instead take place entirely within Fort Frances on the Canadian side of the border.”
