CATCH UP ON AIR DELAYS, THE WAR POWERS ACT, SNAP, THE SHUTDOWN & MORE: The @statesnewsroom.com DC Bureau on Thursday produced SO much news--let's put it all in one thread for you. We start with a scoopy story on air travel delays @fischler.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/here...

An example of how @statesnewsroom.com serves readers -- we in DC do a story on the War Powers Resolution vote in the US Senate & @southdakotasearchlight.com fills in details for South Dakota on how SD senators--including the majority leader -- voted southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/11/06/r...

Minnesotans voted on Election Day to approve 60 out of 96 referendums from 70 school districts asking for more funding through higher taxes. Use our searchable tool to find your school district's results.

The Trump administration has promised to pay out partial SNAP benefits to families who rely on the food assistance during the federal shutdown, but it could take weeks for the money to reach recipients. In the meantime, they're seeking help from food shelves. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/06/m...

Allina Doctors Council-SEIU — comprising over 600 members in what the union says is the nation’s largest private-sector health care provider union — announced the unfair labor practice strike two weeks ago. The strike is the first of its kind in Minnesota, union organizers said.

Ruh-roh: Far-right Colorado podcaster sues Mike Lindell, MyPillow over unpaid $3 million loan minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/05/r...

Jacob Frey wins third term as Minneapolis mayor.

In today's newsletter: State Rep. Kaohly Her upset St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter last night after a short but intense campaign; the DFL held its 1-seat majority in the Senate; Mpls mayoral race needs more counting; interviews with voters on Election Day. prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...

Rep. Kaohly Her wins stunning upset in St. Paul mayoral race, making history minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/r...

Democrats appeared poised to keep their narrow majority in the Minnesota Senate Tuesday after voters in the east metro elected Rep. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger to the upper chamber.

No one won a majority of votes in the Minneapolis mayoral race, delaying a final result until more tabulation is completed under the city’s ranked-choice voting system, the Associated Press reported late Tuesday.

While you await results....The voters speak: Here’s what they had to say on Election Day minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/t...

From our national bureau: A defiant Trump vows no SNAP payments until Democrats cave on shutdown minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/r...

As you get out and vote today (remember: polls close at 8pm) here is a primer on some key races across the state. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/t...

While the national conversation about drugs revolves around harsh punishment at home and abroad, a groundswell in the "hard, slow work" of community outreach is proving effective in reducing overdose deaths. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/04/r...

In response to U.S. District Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr.’s order, the Trump administration will pay partial November SNAP benefits by Wednesday using a contingency fund which holds about $5.5B. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/trump...

Commentary: For every meal a food bank provides, SNAP provides nine. The impact of even a temporary delay cannot be understated. Hunger does not discriminate by party, and everyone needs to eat. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/03/f...

Two seats are up for grabs in the Minnesota Senate in separate special elections. The Senate is closely divided, so voters in the east metro and in Wright County will decide tomorrow who controls it. Here's what you need to know. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/03/v...

House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, is running for Minnesota governor, joining a slew of Republican candidates who are vying to challenge Gov. Tim Walz next November.

Relief, for now: Trump administration blocked from cutting off SNAP benefits as two judges issue orders minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/31/r...

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A mentally ill man was left for days without food or water in a feces-smeared cell, while officers marked him "ok" on welfare checks. Per the settlement, the county now must conduct "meaningful" welfare checks and can't withhold food or water from inmates. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/31/o...

The Walz administration announced Wednesday that the governor ordered a “pause on all payments for 14 DHS Medicaid services until (an) audit is complete.” The administration is now clarifying the delays won't be as all-encompassing as providers feared. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/31/s...

Food assistance funding cliff to strain Native communities minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/30/r...

Reporting from Rochester, Minn.: Local leaders rush to help, but can’t fill massive SNAP void minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/30/r...

Commentary: The USDA has a contingency fund to help states starting on November 1. But they recently shifted their position — without explanation — and declared the funds could not be used for SNAP benefits. SNAP benefits and the shutdown: Is this America? minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/30/s...

Walz’s move comes after fraud schemes in Minnesota public programs have gamed state government — and federal programs administered by Minnesota — out of hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years.

In today's newsletter: A look at the NDAs cloaking massive data center projects across the state and the officials working against that secrecy; MN overdose deaths fell again last year; Rep. Ron Kresha(R) accused of fraud by right-wing activists. prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...

A data analysis published this week by @washingtonpost.com found that six corn belt states, including Minnesota, have cancer rates 5% higher than the overall population. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/repor...

Commentary: We can’t wait for national changes to start local progress. We need to take bold statewide action to allow more homes in Minnesota. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/29/s...

City councilors, mayors and other elected officials have been aware for months, even years, of various massive AI data center proposals, while sharing little to no information publicly until the projects are set in motion — often bound by secrecy agreements. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/29/w...

US Senate in bipartisan vote rejects Trump tariffs on Brazil as coffee prices spike minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/28/r...

Democratic AGs, including Minnesota AG Keith Ellison, sue the Trump administration as the USDA breaks precedent by refusing to process November SNAP benefits while the government is shut down, despite holding a $6B reserve fund. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/28/r...

In today's newsletter: A look at the fraud lawsuit against Rep. Ron Kresha (R); Mpls doesn't need to provide defense for police sued for brutality against protestors; Walz directs $4M to food shelves as SNAP cutoff looms. prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...

Both fatal and nonfatal overdoses declined significantly in Minnesota in 2024. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/overd...

Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse that began Oct. 1, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico will not get their federal grant funding Nov. 1. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/28/r...

A litigious former candidate for the state House and a conservative internet personality/lawyer have sued state Rep. Ron Kresha, alleging pandemic loan fraud. Kresha called the allegations “politically motivated and false.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/28/l...

“There is evidence...to support the city’s determinations that [the officers] ordered and used excessive and indiscriminate force ... intentionally or recklessly failed to exercise due diligence in the performance of their official duties,” Judge Elizabeth Bentley wrote for the three-judge panel.

Court: Minneapolis not on the hook to defend some cops sued for conduct during Floyd protests minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/28/c...

Congressional Dems, Alaska’s Murkowski tell high court to nix emergency tariffs minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/27/r...

The Minnesota State Patrol has already bolstered security at the Capitol and is adding 20 more officers to be trained next month, a State Patrol officer told a security panel during a Monday meeting.

The Walz administration is sending $4 million to food shelves across the state as the emergency food system prepares for the temporary end of SNAP benefits. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/walz-...

In today's newsletter: state dollars will attempt to fill the gap as SNAP recipients brace to lose benefits next month due to the government shutdown; another bailout is likely as tariffs squeeze farmers; commentary on a ballot question in St. Paul. prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...

Trump is considering another round of bailouts for farmers, this time for $10 billion. Some of that money may come from revenue from the tariffs – paid by American consumers – which caused the trade war in the first place. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/27/t...

While many protesters feared Noem's visit signaled a major ICE operation like the blitz in Chicago, she made no such announcement. Instead, she celebrated arrests already made by St. Paul ICE officers and asked Minnesotans to back law enforcement. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/24/h...

Allina doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners plan one-day strike for Nov. 5 minnesotareformer.com/briefs/allin...

Commentary: Trump, eugenics and a shameful chapter in Minnesota history minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/24/t...

Correction to today's Daily Reformer: The downtown Minneapolis protest of ICE is on 10/28, not today. Today's events are at Whipple.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will be in Minnesota Friday to “discuss ICE operations and update on the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities." Groups opposing President Donald Trump's agenda will protest. minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/24/d...

Commntary: The risk of surveillance is too great; Minneapolis should end contract with Zencity from minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/23/m...