As monks chanted evening prayers in the dimly lit Saint John’s University church, members of the student LGBTQ organization, QPLUS, were meeting in a dedicated, Pride flag-lined lounge at the institution’s sister Benedictine college, a few miles away across Minnesota farmland.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison defeated Republican newcomer Jim Schultz in Tuesday’s election to win a second term in a race that turned largely on crime and abortion.
The Associated Press called the Minnesota governor’s race for incumbent Democrat Tim Walz over Republican Scott Jensen at 10:26 p.m. on election night. TommieMedia’s election night coverage team has the story.
Minnesota will start sending out payments to more than 1 million Minnesotan frontline workers Wednesday, in an effort to recognize their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Every person who applied will receive an email by Wednesday informing them of whether or not they were approved, which has left some St. Thomas students “patiently waiting” for their email and others “excited” about the result. Cam Kauffman has the story.
Minnesota Timberwolves players and staff participated in a player-led icebreaker game of slow-pitch softball Thursday on the St. Thomas baseball field. Cam Kauffman has the story.
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of instigating new rounds of shelling Wednesday across their borders as hostilities reignited between the two longtime adversaries. MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country. Nurses, hospital staff and supporters gathered outside of Children’s Minnesota-St. Paul and United hospitals Tuesday as part of the second day of a three-day nurses strike pressing for higher wages, resolving understaffing and more. Ben Hogan has today’s New in :90.
Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launch a three day strike over issues of pay. Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh. The Center for Well-Being has recently opened online scheduling for counseling sessions. Cam Kauffman has today’s news in :90.
President Biden appealed to world leaders for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19. Minnesota suffered record amounts of heavy rainfall and live tornadoes during a Wednesday night storm. The University of St. Thomas’ Dougherty Family College has a new dean, Buffy Smith. John Martinez has today’s News in :90.
Sydney LaBelle and Mae Macfarlane go over the most recent news stories posted to TommieMedia during the week of April 8th through April 14th.
The Minneapolis mayor on Friday imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed this week as a SWAT team executed a search warrant.
Aviation only makes up 3% of global carbon emissions, but it accounts for the highest percentage of the average person’s carbon footprint. Cam Kauffman pleads for people to take more fuel efficient flights.
The Opus Business’s Amplifying Voices series held a business panel Thursday, Dec. 9 in McNeely Hall to highlight LGBTQ+ business professionals and their careers.
Just a day after the U.S. announced its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus had been detected in California, health officials announced Thursday it was found in a man who attended an anime convention in New York City in late November.
Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd’s death under an officer’s knee brought calls for racial justice.
Minnesota will have all the more reason to call itself the State of Hockey when the St. Thomas hockey teams begin Division I play this fall, joining an already crowded field of Minnesota schools.
