Wendy Murphy: This is not a brothel, it’s slavery
Twenty-three men of wealth and influence have finally been charged in a sex trafficking case known pejoratively as the “high-end brothel” case. Why anyone calls...
St. Paul downtown: Lunds, Alliance Bank retailers close up shop
Two commercial corners of downtown St. Paul folded Thursday, casting grim shadows on once-promising business corridors hard hit by the pandemic, online shopping and the...
Brazilian living in Massachusetts illegally arrested for allegedly smuggling aliens to Boston
A Brazilian national living illegally in Worcester is set to appear in federal court on criminal charges that he conspired to smuggle hundreds of aliens...
Inspector General finds ‘egregious’ problem at Cannabis Control Commission
The state’s inspector general has found that the Cannabis Control Commission experienced an “egregious operational breakdown” when they failed to collect over half-a-million dollars in...
Lawmakers to consider changing Minnesota teacher pension rules
Minnesota lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have introduced bills to give K-12 teachers a larger pension and earlier access to it with retirement....
Karen Read murder case: Federal appeal denied, retrial to proceed
Karen Read’s federal appeal was denied and her state retrial can proceed with all three charges, including murder, intact. “The district court’s decision is affirmed,”...