Minnesota Reformer

Andrea Pedro-Francisco, a 23-year-old asylum seeker who has been pleading for medical treatment for a large ovarian cyst since being arrested by immigration agents in Minnesota in February, was unexpectedly released from a Texas detention center on Wednesday.

“It was a shock,” Pedro-Francisco said in a statement shared by her attorney. “Suddenly ICE told me that today ...

The Minnesota Department of Human Services cut off funding to more than 3,000 care providers across 13 Medicaid services in its sweeping “revalidation” effort — a four-month screening of ...

I attended the recent Minnesota Republican convention as a first-time delegate.

People have already asked me if I’ll do it again.

At this point, probably not — unless serious changes are made.

I don’t say that lightly.

Like hundreds of other first-time delegates, I came hopeful. I took time away from my family because I believed this mattered. ...

Ryan Pesch grew up in East Grand Forks, went to college in St. Peter, and spent five years in St. Paul in his 20s working at Mississippi Market, where he internalized the food co-op model. Then in 2004, when he and his wife Maree had the chance to move to Otter Tail County and take a job with University of Minnesota Extension, they went. They have not looked back.

“Oth...

St. Paul Public Schools has officially opened a what the district calls a sandbox classroom, but it’s not for little kids. Instead, it’s part of the district’s new program that trains high school seniors to operate heavy equipment on the path to high-paying jobs in construction.

Kyle Ring is one of the students who prefers this hands-on learning. He and 14 other high s...