St. Paul 🤝 electing women

Women will hold St. Paul mayor’s office and all city council seats for the first time in its history.

Wearing red cloaks inspired by “The Handmaid’s Tale,” protesters at the Minnesota State Capitol drew attention to federal policies affecting abortion rights, transgender rights, immigration and disability rights.

Kaohly Her will be the first Hmong mayor of St. Paul. We asked her how she wants people to pronounce her name.

We're biking across Minneapolis to talk to voters today. Columnist Eric Roper is on a mission to get to all 13 wards before polls close.

Star Tribune columnist Eric Roper is biking to all 13 wards of Minneapolis to talk to voters about today's local elections.

Live coverage: Thousands join anti-Trump 'No Kings' protests across Minnesota bit.ly/3JkaABA

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Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that Minnesota is preparing for President Donald Trump to send the National Guard into the Twin Cities as the White House deploys troops into more Democratic-led cities.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he's "surprised" more people aren't standing up and speaking out right now.

Watch the recap from the North Star Summit: Walz, Pritzker discuss National Guard moves into Democratic-led cities www.startribune.com/walz-pritzke...

🧙‍♀️Witches turned Minneapolis’ Lake Nokomis into a giant cauldron Wednesday evening.

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Minnesota State Sen. Omar Fateh called Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a “liar” in the city’s first mayoral debate.

Neighbors show solidarity after Annunciation shooting with “Tunnel of Love”

The flags of Minnesota's 11 sovereign tribal nations now fly on the grounds of the Capitol: https://www.startribune.com/brooks-for-the-first-time-minnesota-raises-the-flags-of-all-11-tribal-nations-at-the-capitol/601467159

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With their daughter Lydia upstairs at Children’s Minnesota recovering from surgery, Annunciation parents Leah and Harry Kaiser urged Vice President JD Vance to take action to prevent more school shootings.

Laura DuSchane heard a barrage of gunshots from her backyard and at eight months pregnant ran full force into the nearby Annunciation School and found her 3-year-old safe and unaware in the preschool in the basement of the school.

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Libby Passa, a 10-year-old student at Annunciation Catholic School, recounts the harrowing morning of Aug. 27 – the day when a shooter killed two of her classmates during morning Mass.

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he would work to ban assault weapons in Minneapolis if the state and federal governments don’t take action after the fatal shooting at Annunciation Church.