| | How segregation shapes fatal police violence | | New research from the Boston University School of Public Health examines how structural racism shapes fatal police shootings. It takes state-level data and scores the variables to create a scale from zero to 100. Wisconsin topped the researchers' list with a state racism index of 74.9, followed by Minnesota with 70.0. | | |
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| Settlement ends Edina students' free-speech lawsuit | | A months-long debate over free speech in the Edina Public Schools district ended with the settlement of a lawsuit Thursday night. The suit claimed school officials had restricted students' free-speech rights and wrongfully terminated the Young Conservatives Club over members' criticism of a protest at a school Veterans Day assembly. | |
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| Son, mother charged in St. Paul cyclist's hit-and-run death | | The Ramsey County Attorney's Office said Friday it charged a son and mother in connection with the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist on West Seventh Street in St. Paul, near downtown.Hernandez Solano was hit just after midnight on Nov. 26, shortly after leaving his job at the Brasa Premium Rotisserie restaurant on Grand Avenue. Solano died about two weeks after being hit. | |
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| For students with both gifts and disabilities, choices are few | | Schools generally organize themselves according to categories: They divide students by age, grade, and often by academic progress or lack thereof. But what about students who don't fit into those categories? Lionsgate's "twice-exceptional" class aims to teach social and professional skills whose lack might otherwise hinder student accomplishment. Outside of that room, programs for these students are rare in Minnesota. | |
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| Fargo police investigating a homicide | | The Fargo Forum reports that a homicide is currently under investigation in the city's north side. Daniel Benjamin Habiger, 29, of Fargo, allegedly told an emergency dispatcher around 6:20 a.m. Friday that he was involved in an assault that resulted in a man's death. | | |
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| | Here's how lake ice betrays you as temps rise | | With temps reaching the 40s — maybe even 50 — this weekend, consider this our (and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources') friendly reminder about ice safety on lakes and rivers. "Ice that has thawed and refrozen is only HALF as strong as new ice," the DNR tweeted Thursday. | |
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| Study shows school discipline gaps for Minnesota students | | A new study highlighting wide gaps in school discipline between Minnesota's white and minority students is raising concerns among state human rights leaders. The report released Friday found students of color were twice as likely to be suspended or expelled as their white peers, despite making up a smaller share of students. The department also found a similar gap between students with disabilities and students without disabilities. | |
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