Gas prices soar by 21% as government inflation figures reflect Trump’s war on Iran minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/10/r...

How Trump’s SAVE America Act could make it harder for married women to vote minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/10/r...

U.S. Rep. Angie Craig makes unannounced visit to Whipple building, hub of ICE activity • Minnesota Reformer U.S. Rep. Angie Craig made an unannounced visit on Thursday to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, the hub of the Trump administration’s deportation operations in Minnesota. Thousands of immigr...

U.S. Rep. Angie Craig makes unannounced visit to Whipple building minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/09/u...

Nathan Hansen, the newest immigration judge at Fort Snelling, has a long history of sharing far-right conspiracy theories online.

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Commentary: Andrea Pedro-Francisco is one of more than 525 Minnesotans who remain in detention camps under bleak, dangerous conditions — on the very same ground as a former WWII detention camp for Japanese Americans. She needs medical care, not prison. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/09/a...

At least 13% of Congress members will retire or move on to other political offices by next year, the highest turnover rate in decades. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/09/r...

Bipartisan bill banning local officials from signing NDAs moving through Legislature • Minnesota Reformer After local governments secretly approved data center projects across Minnesota, Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature have rallied behind a bill that would prohibit local government officials ...

A bill that would ban local officials from signing NDAs — including but not limited to data center projects — is moving through the Minnesota Legislature:

ICE labeled 1,300 arrests during Operation Metro Surge as 'collateral' • Minnesota Reformer On the morning of Feb. 13, a 52-year-old man from Ecuador was in a car with four people when the driver noticed they were being followed by a white van and pulled over into an elementary school parkin...

ICE's labeling of arrests as either “targeted” or “collateral" offers new insight into how many people were not the intended target of immigration enforcement during Operation Metro Surge but were nonetheless caught in the Trump administration’s mass deportation dragnet.

Immigrants who sought asylum during border surge under increasing pressure • Minnesota Reformer The millions of migrants who were released into the country during the immigration surge that began in 2021 and peaked in 2023 caused a political firestorm when Republican states transported them to D...

Immigrants who sought asylum during border surge under increasing pressure minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/08/r...

Minnesota eroded an effective model for helping folks with serious mental illness • Minnesota Reformer We’ve developed a program that actually meets the needs of people with mental illnesses. Why would we kill it?

Commentary: Minnesota eroded an effective model for helping folks with serious mental illness. An expert in the mental health care system spent time at Rising Cedar in Minneapolis. It's under threat. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/08/m...

Texas judge denies petition to release woman detained in Minnesota with medical condition • Minnesota Reformer A woman arrested in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge must remain in an immigration detention facility in Texas pending deportation proceedings even as she suffers excruciating pain from a large ...

A woman arrested in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge must remain in an immigration detention facility in Texas pending deportation proceedings even as she suffers excruciating pain from a large ovarian cyst at risk of rupture, a federal judge ruled. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/07/t...

Pulling back on PFAS law would be a cowardly retreat from a nation-leading solution • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota Legislators are advocating this legislative session for new spending and borrowing for infrastructure projects in their districts. It’s an important process. But as conversations about spend...

Commentary: We cannot ignore the toxic cycle we are trapped in.

Chemical lobbyists are pushing to weaken Amara’s Law so they can continue selling products that contaminate our water and poison our bodies. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/07/p...

Texas judge denies petition to release woman detained in Minnesota with medical condition • Minnesota Reformer A woman arrested in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge must remain in an immigration detention facility in Texas pending deportation proceedings even as she suffers excruciating pain from a large ...

Texas judge denies petition to release woman detained in Minnesota with medical condition minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/07/t...

Newly released surveillance footage of Jan. 14 ICE shooting contradicts agent's account • Minnesota Reformer The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Venezuelan immigrant Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis in January told the FBI that by the time he opened fire, he had been “fighting an...

Footage from the Jan. 14 ICE shooting in Minneapolis show a scuffle between an ICE agent and two Venezuelan men lasting less than 12 seconds, contradicting the agent's account. Prosecutors watched the footage 3 weeks after charging the men for assaulting the agent and then dropped all charges.

GOP Reps. Engen, Hudson to be stripped of committee assignments following DWI incident • Minnesota Reformer Republican Reps. Elliott Engen of White Bear Township and Walter Hudson of Albertville will be stripped of their committee assignments following a March 27 DWI incident during which Engen was arrested...

GOP Reps. Elliott Engen and Walter Hudson will be stripped of their committee assignments following a March 27 DWI incident during which Engen was arrested, according to legislative sources.

Birthright case forces US Supreme Court to confront prospect of Americans losing citizenship • Minnesota Reformer The birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, is forcing the Supreme Court to confront the prospect of the United States becoming a much different kind of nation — one where Americans risk losing...

The case is forcing the court to confront the prospect of the US becoming a different kind of nation: Americans at risk of losing their citizenship; babies born stateless; and when broad swaths of people could be excluded from the coveted title of American.
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Minnesota Supreme Court chief justice to retire • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson will soon retire from the high court after serving as the state’s first Black chief justice. Gov. Tim Walz on Monday thanked Hudson for her service...

Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson will soon retire from the high court after serving as the state’s first Black chief justice.

US scientists sequence 1,000 genomes from measles, a disease long eliminated with vaccines • Minnesota Reformer Scientists expect the agency to post heaps more in weeks to come, revealing whether the U.S. has lost its hard-won measles elimination status.

A CDC team hit hard by layoffs has finally released fully sequenced measles genomes, an important step in determining whether measles has lost its "eliminated" status in the U.S. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/06/u...

States say ICE pulled Medicaid data despite court order • Minnesota Reformer The states claim the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees Medicaid, has admitted to sharing with ICE “a large and complex” set of data on Medicaid recipients, even though the c...

A coalition of 22 states say the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has admitted to sharing with ICE “a large and complex” set of data on Medicaid recipients, ignoring a court order. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/06/r...

Calm your nerves: This energy transition isn't our first • Minnesota Reformer Minnesota is entering an energy transition, moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy, mainly wind, solar, water and biomass. Much of the new infrastructure is in place, and the transition is now a...

Commentary: Many Minnesotans are trepidatious about the transition from fossil fuels to renewables. But it is important to remember that the current energy transition is not our first rodeo. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/06/c...

Trapped and alone: Fear of ICE is deepening postpartum isolation for immigrant mothers • Minnesota Reformer Laura traded one form of isolation for another: her one-bedroom apartment, where visitors were rare.

Lingering fear of ICE can make it harder for new mothers to access the care and support they badly need postpartum, leaving them to shoulder difficult first weeks alone. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/06/t...

Civic order gets made one sign on the door at a time • Minnesota Reformer Power, to be legitimate, must still knock, must still explain itself, and must still act through lawful process.

Commentary: The restaurant’s signage functioned as a kind of micro-constitutional order. It did not reject the rule of law. It insisted upon it. Federal authority was not denied outright. It was conditioned. Civic order gets made one sign on the door at a time minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/03/c...

Minnesota high school graduation rate increased slightly for class of 2025 • Minnesota Reformer Around 85% of Minnesota students who entered high school in the fall of 2021 graduated within four years, according to data released Friday from the Minnesota Department of Education. It’s a slight in...

Around 85% of Minnesota students who entered high school in the fall of 2021 graduated within four years, the highest Minnesota has ever recorded. You can use our search tool to look up your district's graduation rate.

ICE broke into their homes without a proper warrant. Now, they’re suing. • Minnesota Reformer Three Minnesota families whose homes were forcibly entered by immigration agents are suing the federal government, arguing the agents violated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search ...

Three Minnesota families whose homes were forcibly entered by immigration agents are suing the federal government, arguing the agents violated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

Allina clinicians reach tentative union contract • Minnesota Reformer Allina Health doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners reached a tentative agreement with Allina for their first union contract late Wednesday evening, more than two years after forming t...

Allina Health doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners reached a tentative agreement with Allina for their first union contract late Wednesday evening, more than two years after forming the nation’s largest private-sector union of advanced care practitioners.

Minnesota can change corporate law to forbid campaign spending • Minnesota Reformer The challenge for we citizens is ensuring lawmakers aren’t unduly influenced by piles of money from corporations, in this case AI firms, profiting the most by legislative decisions.

Commentary: Ending corporate spending allowed by Citizens United can protect legislative decision-making from corporate influence, especially as AI companies plan to spend millions backing anti-regulation candidates in coming elections. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/02/m...

Trump tells nation Iran war will end soon, but also vows 'extremely hard' hits to come • Minnesota Reformer Trump largely recycled statements during the 18-minute speech that he and Cabinet officials have been making for several weeks.

Trump gave an update on the Iran war, largely recycling statements he and other officials have already said, about how the war will end soon but the U.S. will bomb the region "back to the stone ages, where they belong" over the next 2-3 weeks. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/01/r...

Rep. Walter Hudson won’t be charged for carrying a firearm while impaired • Minnesota Reformer Rep. Walter Hudson, R-Albertville, will face no charges despite evidence that he was intoxicated while carrying his handgun during a police encounter around 2 a.m. Friday. Officers confiscated Hudson’...

Rep. Walter Hudson, R-Albertville, will face no charges despite evidence that he was intoxicated while carrying his handgun during a police encounter around 2 a.m. Friday.