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Just in time for Memorial Day, President Barack Obama has signed a law restoring paid leave time to Minnesota National Guard soldiers.
Last fall, a fire destroyed the small town's pharmacy. The trend toward big retailers and mail-order drugs is making it hard to replace.
Just when you think you've got the Cube Critics, Stephanie Curtis the Movie Maven and arts reporter Euan Kerr figured out, they surprise you.
From Tough Mudders to traditional Norwegians, Minneapolis tornado survivors to fire dancers on the beach in Duluth, and friends and foes of a new Vikings stadium we were all over Minnesota for our photos of the week.
The Minneapolis City Council has given final approval to a financing package that will build the Vikings a new, taxpayer-subsidized, $1 billion stadium on the site of the Metrodome.
Our June installment of the Bright Ideas series features Doug Powell, a designer, strategist, entrepreneur and the creative visionary for Schwartz Powell, where he leads successful projects for a wide range of clients and collaborative partners in health and nutrition. Powell is also the national president for AIGA, the professional association for design. Stephen Smith hosts.
Our May installment of the Bright Ideas series features Jim McCorkell, CEO and founder of College Possible, where he put into action his life-long passion to make college admission and success possible for low-income students. Stephen Smith hosts.
MPR News' ATC Friday Festival is back with the Cannon River Rendezvous.
A University of Minnesota Regents committee wants the university to discontinue special transitional leaves for administrators.
More Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend than a year ago. And they'll have a bit more money to spend thanks to lower gas prices.
The legal tab for the Minnesota Senate over the firing of a high-ranking staffer is $46,150 and counting.
The $25 million Scheels Arena in Fargo is trying to work out a deal with creditors to reverse the facility's slide toward insolvency.
Thousands of high school students from more than 200 schools across Minnesota, neighboring states and Canada made Valleyfair Amusement Park in Shakopee their classroom this week. It's a yearly tradition known as Physics Day and this year marked the 25th year the amusement park hosted it.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is being mentioned as a possible running mate for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romeny, even though Pawlenty said recently that he wasn't interested. MPR's Cathy Wuzer talked with former Republican Congressman Vin Weber, a Pawlenty supporter, about the process.
Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are scheduled to meet for the first of two live debates in advance of the June 5 recall election.
