Survey: Most Minnesota police fear prosecution, wouldn’t recommend profession
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by Anthony Gockowski
1h ago
The vast majority of Minnesota police officers wouldn’t recommend the profession to a family member, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday. The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association’s (MPPOA) annual survey of its 10,600 members yielded 1,242 responses and found that 98% of law enforcement professionals are somewhat, very, or extremely concerned about the risk of prosecution. This includes 69% who said they are extremely concerned. An equal number (98%) said they are somewhat, very, or extremely concerned about recruitment and retention issues in the profession. Whe ..read more
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Minnesota public school enrollment drops for 4th consecutive year
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by Catrin Wigfall
16h ago
Share This Story (Center of the American Experiment) — Enrollment in Minnesota’s public schools has declined again, according to data recently uploaded by the Minnesota Department of Education. For the 2023-24 school year, public schools lost roughly 0.2 percent of K-12 students — 1,425 — from the previous year. Nonpublic enrollment ticked up just under 1 percent; homeschool enrollment increased 10 percent. While the public school enrollment decline is not as steep as it was during COVID-19, it marks the fourth consecutive year public schools have lost numerous students. Since the s ..read more
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Home prices rose at fastest pace in more than a year as unaffordability crisis persists
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by Will Kessler
19h ago
Share This Story (Daily Caller News Foundation) — The index for home prices increased in January at its fastest rate since November 2022 as supply constraints and inflation continue to raise prices, according to data from S&P Global. The Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index increased 6.0% year-over-year in January, up from 5.6% in December, according to a press release from S&P Global. Growth in home prices has steadily accelerated since May 2023, when it reached a recent low of -0.4% year-over-year after dropping dramatically from 20.7% in March 2022. “U.S ..read more
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Democratic senator wants to ’eminent domain’ pregnancy resource centers in Minnesota
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by Luke Sprinkel
19h ago
Share This Story Sen. Erin Maye Quade, D-Apple Valley, one of the most left-wing members of the Minnesota Legislature, wants to use eminent domain on every pregnancy resource center in the state. “I would love to eminent domain all 98 of these crisis pregnancy centers and turn them into affordable housing for people who do have children,” said Sen. Maye Quade. “I would love to turn them into food banks and diaper banks and formula banks. Like, these are things that actually support people having children when they decide they would like to have children, and everything that crisis pregnancy c ..read more
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Senate Dems approve $110K legal settlement with ex-staffer who alleged discrimination
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by Luke Sprinkel
1d ago
Democrats in the Rules Committee of the Minnesota Senate approved a proposed legal settlement Tuesday with a former staffer of theirs, Carly Melin. Once a chief of staff for the Senate Democrats, Melin alleged that the Minnesota Senate engaged in marital discrimination. In November of 2021, Melin was hired as the chief of staff for the DFL Caucus in the Minnesota Senate. In that capacity, Melin, a former legislator, was one of the most powerful and influential people working at the Capitol. However, Melin officially left her job as chief of staff on Feb. 2, 2024, the same day Sen. Kari Dziedz ..read more
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Democrats refuse to take up bill that would restore long-standing religious liberties
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by Luke Sprinkel
1d ago
Share This Story Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives refused to take up a bill that would have restored long-standing religious liberties in Minnesota. For decades, Minnesota statute has allowed religious organizations and associations to refrain from hiring individuals who do not match their faith traditions. For example, current state law ensures that private Christian schools cannot be forced to hire teachers who are gay, lesbian, Muslim, etc. However, Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature put a new term in state law during the 2023 session which complicates that: “gender ..read more
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George Floyd scholarship violates civil rights law: federal complaint
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by Eleanor Blair
1d ago
Share This Story (The College Fix) — North Central University’s George Floyd scholarship violates federal civil rights law because it is only open to black students, a legal watchdog alleges. The private Christian university “engages in invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin,” through its George Floyd Memorial Scholarship, the Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation alleges. It filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights on Monday. It exclusively shared the complaint with The College Fix on ..read more
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Pine City man sentenced to 29 years in prison for child porn and exploitation scheme
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by Crime Watch MN
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Share This Story A Pine City man has been sentenced to 350 months in federal prison followed by 12 years of supervised release for producing, receiving, and distributing images of child pornography, and coercing and enticing minors to engage in illegal sexual activity, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger announced Monday. Caleb Vincent McLaughlin, 26, was charged last summer in connection to sexually exploiting minors through the use of social media, including enticing or coercing some victims to engage in prostitution or sex acts. McLaughlin was originally charged with soliciting, producing, receivin ..read more
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Detransitioner to Minnesota legislators: ‘We are being silenced’
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by Liz Collin
2d ago
Share This Story While European nations hit pause on puberty blockers and surgical measures for children, Minnesota Democrats are pushing health plans to cover so-called “gender-affirming care.” A detransitioner from Oregon recently testified in front of Minnesota lawmakers after she says she was given the green light for top surgery over a Zoom call. Camille Kiefel joined Liz Collin Reports to warn others about what she went through. She admits it was a mental health issue that her doctors apparently failed to recognize. “I was introduced to the idea of being non-binary and that was appeali ..read more
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Supreme Court to weigh doctors’ challenge to removal of abortion pill safety regulations
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by Katelynn Richardson
2d ago
(Daily Caller News Foundation) — The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a major challenge to the abortion pill brought by doctors and medical associations. In FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, one of two cases on abortion the Supreme Court will hear this term since overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, the justices will consider the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to roll back safety regulations for the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. Doctors who sued the FDA contend that the removal of safety standards once deemed “essential ..read more
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