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Dave Orrick

Grand Forks Herald

Saint Paul, MN, United States

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Can suicide be ‘in the line of duty’? Police officer’s widow, lawmakers hope to change the rules

In both federal and state statutes and rules, if an officer causes their own death, certain benefits, including some lump-sum payments and health insurance for surviving children, are excluded. → Read More

Minnesota Capitol’s stately cafe reopens for first time since March 2020

Rathskeller reopening marks “by far, the best day in a long time,” one lobbyist said. → Read More

DNR report details Minnesota senators’ snowmobile crash

ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota state senator who was injured in a snowmobile crash last week was essentially run over by a fellow state senator who couldn’t avoid him, according to Department of Natural Resources reports. The reports, obtained Wednesday by the Pioneer Press, contain a more comprehensive — and different — account of the crash that left Sen. John Jasinski, R-Faribault, with numerous… → Read More

'Case closed' in snowmobile crash that injured Minnesota state senator

Sen. John Jasinski, R-Faribault, said he suffered broken ribs, a broken pelvis and a fractured vertebrae as a result of the crash Friday along a snowmobile trail in northern Minnesota. → Read More

Smartmatic voting company sues Mike Lindell and MyPillow over election claims

ST. PAUL -- “Crazy like a fox. Mike Lindell knows exactly what he is doing, and it is dangerous.” Those are the first words of a federal defamation lawsuit filed this week in Minneapolis against Lindell and his Minnesota company, MyPillow, by Smartmatic, a voting technology company Lindell has often targeted with false conspiracy theories around the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit is… → Read More

Minnesota vehicle tab stickers stuck in supply chain delays

Current plan won’t leave folks driving on old tabs, officials say → Read More

Hastings school board chair decides to move after trans child ‘outed’ by political critics

Kelsey Waits said few knew her 8-year-old child was transgender. → Read More

Muskie weighed at UPS Store challenging Minnesota record

The official state record for the heaviest muskie — a 54-pound fish caught on Lake Winnibigoshish — has stood since 1957. → Read More

New Minnesota GOP chairman: ‘Republican Party does not equal party of Trump’

Party is reeling from disorder but has prospects to make big gains. → Read More

Minnesota state worker files complaint over being forced to be ‘he’ or ‘she,’ instead of ‘they’

State of Minnesota human resources only allows ‘male’ or ‘female.’ But a worker wants gender ‘X,’ already available on driver’s licenses. → Read More

Why are so many innocent bystanders getting shot in Twin Cities?

The victims aren’t targeted by a shooter intent on causing mass casualties; they’re collateral damage in personal disputes that erupt in gunfire in crowded places. → Read More

Free Minnesota testing program Door Dashes COVID spit test to homes

The rapid antigen tests work best for people with symptoms in the early stages of infection. → Read More

Who should get COVID bonus pay? Minnesota Dems, Republicans can’t agree

More money for fewer, or less money for more? → Read More

Minnesota House DFLers expel Rep. John Thompson from caucus

The exceedingly rare move has no impact on Thompson, who represents St. Paul’s East Side. Thompson’s expulsion from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor caucus was spurred by “credible reports of abuse and misconduct” and Thompson’s “failure to take responsibility,” according to DFL House Democrats. → Read More

Judge blocks Minnesota’s new police use-of-force law, for now

Leonardo Castro, the chief judge of the Second Judicial District, on Monday, Sept. 13, issued a temporary stay until a lawsuit, filed in protest by the state’s largest law enforcement groups, is settled. The old law will be used in the meantime. → Read More

Lawsuit seeks to force Gov. Walz to mandate masks in schools statewide

It’s unclear if such a reach from one branch of government into another is legal for an emergency declaration. → Read More

Sen. Melisa Franzen, Auditor Julie Blaha released from hospital after rollover crash

State Sen. Melisa Franzen, DFL-Edina, and State Auditor Julie Blaha had traveled to Farmfest event Wednesday. → Read More

Minnesota state senator, auditor injured in crash with semi

State Sen. Melisa Franzen, DFL-Edina, and State Auditor Julie Blaha had traveled to Farmfest event Wednesday. → Read More

Embattled Minnesota Rep. John Thompson agrees to apologize to colleague for calling him ‘racist’

Gov. Tim Walz, House Speaker Melissa Hortman and other top Democrats called for Thompson's resignation last month after the media reported details from a number of police reports that alleged Thompson committed physical violence against women in several jurisdictions well before he was elected. → Read More

Rep. Angie Craig takes aim at ‘family glitch’ that can make health insurance super pricey

The glitch is basically this: The ACA was written so no one would be forced to pay more than 9.83% of their income for health coverage — a figure deemed affordable. Anything more than that merits a subsidy. It works for single people. And it works for any parent. But not for the rest of the family. → Read More