A group of Minnesota lawmakers, law enforcement and former students are banding together to prevent and penalize predatory grooming in K-12 schools. Some, including a key lawmaker, are survivors of abuse by teachers.

“I would always try to play football with my friends, but when I was younger, it used to be considered a man’s sport, so I could never play, so now playing flag football, I feel like I’m a role model for younger girls who have the same aspirations.” varsity.startribune.com/minnesota-vi...

🧵 Everyone’s talking about the bathhouse ban in Minneapolis right now — but why did they actually close? Sources say bc increased police surveillance, a fear of AIDS and gentrification. In this deep dive I talk to all the key players about how closing them likely did more harm than good.

I’ll be on @mprnews.org morning edition Wednesday at 7:20am talking about my big story that’s coming out — the history of adult bathhouses in Minneapolis, tune in! 📻

this is a shameless plug to read my bathhouse article 🫶🏻 i will have part 2 this week 🤝 www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

for the last year and a half i’ve been following the bathhouse ban for mpr 🔎 in 1988 minneapolis made adult bathhouses illegal. the rise of hiv cases made people worried, but the queer community also lost institutions because of this fear. nearly forty years later, the city may change the ordinance.

A Minneapolis woman who opposed ICE woke up to a drone outside her second floor bedroom window. A man delivering groceries to a suburban distro house for mutual aid recorded a drone hovering above the house. Whose drones and why? (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

i am working on a story about the effects of the ice surge in MN on repro health and sexual health. are you a clinician who has been worried about your patients? are you someone in hiding that has missed prenatal meds, HIV treatment, etc? are you helping distribute items? dm or 📧 [email protected]

have you or someone you know had to find care for your pet after being detained by ICE? are you in hiding and worried about vet care? i am working on a story about what happens to pets during the ICE surge. DM me or email [email protected]

hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.

Seven children from this MN school district have been detained by ICE. 2 of them are still in ICE custody in TX. The district has lost track of how many parents have been taken. At just one elementary 26 parents have been detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

More than 8,200 permit to carry applications were filed in the state in January. For populations worried about their safety during the ICE surge, ownership seems like a path to security.

As I said on NPR this morning, @mprnews.org Minnesota Public Radio has done a fantastic job all month—has it only been a month?—covering the hardest of stories and often informing the whole country through reports heard on NPR.

Latest from @mprnews.org reporter @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social and photojournalist @keremyucel.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Here's today's @mprnews.org liveblog on the ICE surge in Minnesota. News happening already this morning www.mprnews.org/live-updates

Our @mprnews.org liveblog is up and running Wednesday morning with news around the ICE surge in the Twin Cities. It's a good, easy way to keep up on what's happening. www.mprnews.org/live-updates

A 2-year-old’s detention is part of an accelerating trend of what an attorney describes as ICE agents sending children and adults with legal immigration status out of state to avoid dealing with accountability from the federal court system.

parents, educators or students: have you or someone you know been unable to access period products, plan b, sexual health supplies, etc., bc they are in hiding from ICE or doing remote school? dm me!

Long day for the @mprnews.org team. Very proud of them once again. You can find much of the day's work here: www.mprnews.org/live-updates

I recommend Minnesota Public Radio live. I’m learning a lot I’m not getting elsewhere.

I don’t think they’re set up to direct it to a specific thing, but you can make a one-time donation to Minnesota Public Radio any time, at mpr.org.

"License plate readers and personal data from car registrations are only supposed to be accessed for an active criminal investigation... “Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities, observers say federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citizens and noncitizens alike. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

"Viral video shared online showed him unconscious which led many to conclude he was killed, but his sister Consuelo Henriquez confirmed to MPR News that he is alive and being held in a detention center in El Paso, Texas." Via @samstroozas.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Roundup of @mprnews.org coverage of ICE protests around the Minnesota today. Just a gentle reminder that we have been covering this before national news and we will be doing it after they disappear. Support your local journalists. share.google/lFJhVHjWWdPe...

According to the investigative report, Eagan band teacher Brett Benson had a “pattern of predatory grooming behaviors … with numerous students” going back a decade in two school districts.

planned parenthood north central states reported a 150% increase in appts for long-acting birth control options after trump was reelected. it surpassed the number of appts when trump was first elected, and when roe v. wade was overturned. my latest ⬇️ www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...

While detailed plans have yet to emerge, health and legal experts, practitioners and advocates in Minnesota are closely monitoring the new administration for hints about what federal changes to abortion policy could mean for the state. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...

Last week, I accompanied folks at the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge who keep count of migrating sandhill cranes. If you've never heard the call of a sandhill crane, it's worth clicking through to Kirsti Marohn's story on MPR News just for the listen: www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...

Really liked this @samstroozas.bsky.social story from August. Terrific images from Tim Evans. I love deeply reported local stories #randomexcellence www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...

OK, here we go. Here are links to some of the excellent journalists who work for MPR News and its sister organizations APM Research Lab and APM Reports. I'll keep updating, but this is a start. go.bsky.app/UaGFUu1

This week's highlight was sharing the reflections of Nudieland mass shooting victims as one of the teen defendants took a plea deal in court. It's a heavy read, but well worth it if you have the time and headspace. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...