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Minnesota real estate agent will trade property for Magic: The Gathering cards

Russo had three interested parties by noon Tuesday, he told Axios.

Real Estate

A Minnesota real estate agent is offering up his four-level brownstone for $0 — if you&#x27;re willing to trade your Magic: The Gathering collection.

Minnesota leaders reassess César Chávez legacy after abuse allegations

Gov. Tim Walz won't mark Chávez Day as officials weigh renaming schools, streets and more.

News

Minnesota officials are reckoning with local ties to César Chávez in light of explosive new <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="sexual abuse allegations" data-vars-click-url="https://link.axios.com/click/44797088.10177/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjYvMDMvMTgvY2VzYXItY2hhdmV6LXNleHVhbC1hYnVzZS1hbGxlZ2F0aW9ucy1kb2xvcmVzLWh1ZXJ0YT91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2xvY2FsX3NhbmZyYW5jaXNjbyZzdHJlYW09dG9w/5fd7c3fdd0d88c568cc48c70B65239cd1" data-vars-content-id="19d7cc67-7ee0-49f1-9c7e-b82990081a7c" data-vars-headline="Minnesota leaders reassess César Chávez legacy after abuse allegations" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://link.axios.com/click/44797088.10177/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjYvMDMvMTgvY2VzYXItY2hhdmV6LXNleHVhbC1hYnVzZS1hbGxlZ2F0aW9ucy1kb2xvcmVzLWh1ZXJ0YT91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2xvY2FsX3NhbmZyYW5jaXNjbyZzdHJlYW09dG9w/5fd7c3fdd0d88c568cc48c70B65239cd1" target="_self">sexual abuse allegations</a> against the late labor leader. Why it matters: Chávez&#x27;s role as a central figure in the fight for farmworker rights prompted local officials to name schools, streets and holidays in his honor. <ul><li>That legacy is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="now in question" data-vars-click-url="https://link.axios.com/click/44797088.10177/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2xvY2FsL3Nhbi1hbnRvbmlvLzIwMjYvMDMvMTgvY2VzYXItY2hhdmV6LXNleHVhbC1hYnVzZS1hbGxlZ2F0aW9ucz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2xvY2FsX3NhbmZyYW5jaXNjbyZzdHJlYW09dG9w/5fd7c3fdd0d88c568cc48c70B390fd58b" data-vars-content-id="19d7cc67-7ee0-49f1-9c7e-b82990081a7c" data-vars-headline="Minnesota leaders reassess César Chávez legacy after abuse allegations" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://link.axios.com/click/44797088.10177/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2xvY2FsL3Nhbi1hbnRvbmlvLzIwMjYvMDMvMTgvY2VzYXItY2hhdmV6LXNleHVhbC1hYnVzZS1hbGxlZ2F0aW9ucz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2xvY2FsX3NhbmZyYW5jaXNjbyZzdHJlYW09dG9w/5fd7c3fdd0d88c568cc48c70B390fd58b" target="_self">now in question</a> following accusations from several minors and women, including fellow civil rights icon <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Dolores Huerta" data-vars-click-url="https://link.axios.com/click/44797088.10177/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjQvMDcvMjUva2FtYWxhLWhhcnJpcy1kb2xvcmVzLWh1ZXJ0YS1sYXRpbm8tdm90ZXJzP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zbG9jYWxfc2FuZnJhbmNpc2NvJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/5fd7c3fdd0d88c568cc48c70B289821fa" data-vars-content-id="19d7cc67-7ee0-49f1-9c7e-b82990081a7c" data-vars-headline="Minnesota leaders reassess César Chávez legacy after abuse allegations" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://link.axios.com/click/44797088.10177/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjQvMDcvMjUva2FtYWxhLWhhcnJpcy1kb2xvcmVzLWh1ZXJ0YS1sYXRpbm8tdm90ZXJzP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zbG9jYWxfc2FuZnJhbmNpc2NvJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/5fd7c3fdd0d88c568cc48c70B289821fa" target="_self">Dolores Huerta</a>.</li></ul>

How data centers could help revive downtowns

While data centers are controversial in the suburbs, they're finding a place in downtowns

Data centers have become a point of tension in Twin Cities suburbs, but for downtown developers, they could be a goldmine.Why it matters: The collapse of office tower values has <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pushed property taxes" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/08/05/minneapolis-property-tax-hike-levy-increase" data-vars-content-id="e0938e99-9bf0-48ea-86bc-0ff98a5ab6fb" data-vars-headline="How data centers could help revive downtowns" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/08/05/minneapolis-property-tax-hike-levy-increase" target="_self">pushed property taxes</a> higher for residents. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Data centers" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/01/21/minnesotas-data-center-boom-concerns-electrical-supply" data-vars-content-id="e0938e99-9bf0-48ea-86bc-0ff98a5ab6fb" data-vars-headline="How data centers could help revive downtowns" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/01/21/minnesotas-data-center-boom-concerns-electrical-supply" target="_self">Data centers</a> could help boost those values again, spur more residential and commercial development and even help heat other buildings.

Colorectal cancer's alarming rise in young adults in Minnesota

Most patients under 50 are diagnosed only after the disease has already spread.

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Colorectal cancer cases" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/17/colorectal-cancer-deadliest-screening-age-colonoscopy" data-vars-content-id="d42f0c10-0aab-4559-a17b-3ef8415d733c" data-vars-headline="Colorectal cancer&#x27;s alarming rise in young adults in Minnesota" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/17/colorectal-cancer-deadliest-screening-age-colonoscopy" target="_self">Colorectal cancer cases</a> in Minnesotans under 50 have risen by roughly 80% since the early 2000s, per federal data.Why it matters: Colorectal cancer is now the deadliest cancer for Americans under 50, per new research in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="JAMA" data-vars-click-url="https://link.axios.com/click/44761700.33110/aHR0cHM6Ly9qYW1hbmV0d29yay5jb20vam91cm5hbHMvamFtYS9hcnRpY2xlLWFic3RyYWN0LzI4NDQxODk_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3N2aXRhbHMmc3RyZWFtPXRvcA/5fd7c3fdd0d88c568cc48c70B1da9d289" data-vars-content-id="d42f0c10-0aab-4559-a17b-3ef8415d733c" data-vars-headline="Colorectal cancer&#x27;s alarming rise in young adults in Minnesota" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://link.axios.com/click/44761700.33110/aHR0cHM6Ly9qYW1hbmV0d29yay5jb20vam91cm5hbHMvamFtYS9hcnRpY2xlLWFic3RyYWN0LzI4NDQxODk_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3N2aXRhbHMmc3RyZWFtPXRvcA/5fd7c3fdd0d88c568cc48c70B1da9d289" target="_self">JAMA</a>.

Minnesota handgun carry permits near 66,000 in 2025, highest since 2021

More recent monthly data shows a spike in applications as Operation Metro Surge ramped up.

Minnesotans were granted nearly 66,000 permits to carry a handgun in 2025 — the highest number since 2021. The big picture: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Monthly data" data-vars-click-url="https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-gun-sales-spiked-as-federal-immigration-crackdown-intensified/601575536" data-vars-content-id="dff197c9-ce0b-4202-a9d7-82efa971faab" data-vars-headline="Minnesota handgun carry permits near 66,000 in 2025, highest since 2021" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-gun-sales-spiked-as-federal-immigration-crackdown-intensified/601575536" target="_blank">Monthly data</a> shows that applications spiked again early this year, as <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Operation Metro Surge" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/02/12/trump-ice-metro-surge-ends-minneapolis" data-vars-content-id="dff197c9-ce0b-4202-a9d7-82efa971faab" data-vars-headline="Minnesota handgun carry permits near 66,000 in 2025, highest since 2021" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/02/12/trump-ice-metro-surge-ends-minneapolis" target="_self">Operation Metro Surge</a> ramped up. <ul><li>One St. Louis Park gun shop <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="told WCCO" data-vars-click-url="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/gun-permits-apps-demand-for-classes-skyrocket-amid-minnesota-ice-surge/" data-vars-content-id="dff197c9-ce0b-4202-a9d7-82efa971faab" data-vars-headline="Minnesota handgun carry permits near 66,000 in 2025, highest since 2021" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/gun-permits-apps-demand-for-classes-skyrocket-amid-minnesota-ice-surge/" target="_blank">told WCCO</a> sales were 30% above normal in January.</li></ul>

ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota's largest jails

It's not clear whether state or local officials conceded any policy changes to trigger the federal retreat.

In a standoff with Minnesota, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the Trump administration blinked" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/02/12/trump-ice-metro-surge-ends-minneapolis" data-vars-content-id="9ab7c155-7c36-42b9-9e83-46547cfe39b3" data-vars-headline="ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota&#x27;s largest jails" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/02/12/trump-ice-metro-surge-ends-minneapolis" target="_self">the Trump administration blinked</a>.The big picture: President Trump exhausted <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="huge amounts of political capital" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/26/minnesota-shooting-republican-reaction-gun-rights" data-vars-content-id="9ab7c155-7c36-42b9-9e83-46547cfe39b3" data-vars-headline="ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota&#x27;s largest jails" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/26/minnesota-shooting-republican-reaction-gun-rights" target="_self">huge amounts of political capital</a> on an operation that killed <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="two American" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/07/ice-agent-shooting-south-minneapolis" data-vars-content-id="9ab7c155-7c36-42b9-9e83-46547cfe39b3" data-vars-headline="ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota&#x27;s largest jails" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/07/ice-agent-shooting-south-minneapolis" target="_self">two American</a><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text=" citizens" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/24/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agent" data-vars-content-id="9ab7c155-7c36-42b9-9e83-46547cfe39b3" data-vars-headline="ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota&#x27;s largest jails" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/24/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agent" target="_self"> citizens</a>, caused &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="catastrophic" data-vars-click-url="https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2026/february/near-end-oms/" data-vars-content-id="9ab7c155-7c36-42b9-9e83-46547cfe39b3" data-vars-headline="ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota&#x27;s largest jails" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2026/february/near-end-oms/" target="_blank">catastrophic</a>&quot; damage to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="businesses" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/02/12/ice-surge-minnesota-businesses-covid-flashbacks" data-vars-content-id="9ab7c155-7c36-42b9-9e83-46547cfe39b3" data-vars-headline="ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota&#x27;s largest jails" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/02/12/ice-surge-minnesota-businesses-covid-flashbacks" target="_self">businesses</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="schools" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/02/11/minnesota-school-funding-cuts-ice-immigration" data-vars-content-id="9ab7c155-7c36-42b9-9e83-46547cfe39b3" data-vars-headline="ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota&#x27;s largest jails" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/02/11/minnesota-school-funding-cuts-ice-immigration" target="_self">schools</a>, and terrorized <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="immigrant communities" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/16/midtown-global-market-businesses-ice-immigration" data-vars-content-id="9ab7c155-7c36-42b9-9e83-46547cfe39b3" data-vars-headline="ICE surge changed little between feds and Minnesota&#x27;s largest jails" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/16/midtown-global-market-businesses-ice-immigration" target="_self">immigrant communities</a>.<ul><li>As federal immigration officials announced Thursday they will wind down their mass deportation blitz in Minnesota, it&#x27;s not clear whether state or local officials conceded any policy changes to trigger the federal retreat.</li></ul>

Minnesota may join push to force ICE agents to unmask

To critics, ICE agents' masks symbolize a "no-rules" approach to immigration enforcement.

Some Minnesota policymakers are ready to join <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the push" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/senate-democrats-ice-demands-masks-shutdown" data-vars-content-id="1ec5d3d9-a482-4c3a-8914-2d845c8d4d91" data-vars-headline="Minnesota may join push to force ICE agents to unmask" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/senate-democrats-ice-demands-masks-shutdown" target="_self">the push</a> to ban federal immigration agents from wearing masks on the job.The big picture: Democrat-led <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="states" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/01/15/washington-ice-mask-ban-school-access-worker-notice-bills-immigration" data-vars-content-id="1ec5d3d9-a482-4c3a-8914-2d845c8d4d91" data-vars-headline="Minnesota may join push to force ICE agents to unmask" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/01/15/washington-ice-mask-ban-school-access-worker-notice-bills-immigration" target="_self">states</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="cities" data-vars-click-url="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-signs-executive-order-directing-cpd-to-document-and-investigate-misconduct-by-federal-agents/" data-vars-content-id="1ec5d3d9-a482-4c3a-8914-2d845c8d4d91" data-vars-headline="Minnesota may join push to force ICE agents to unmask" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-signs-executive-order-directing-cpd-to-document-and-investigate-misconduct-by-federal-agents/" target="_blank">cities</a> nationwide are weighing laws to compel ICE officers to show their faces and identify themselves, arguing the use of masks reflects a &quot;no-rules&quot; approach to immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.<ul><li>ICE&#x27;s defenders have argued agents must protect their identities to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="prevent doxxing" data-vars-click-url="https://foxbaltimore.com/station/share/report-whistleblower-leaks-personal-data-of-4500-dhs-and-ice-agents-to-doxxing-website-anti-ice-prtotesters" data-vars-content-id="1ec5d3d9-a482-4c3a-8914-2d845c8d4d91" data-vars-headline="Minnesota may join push to force ICE agents to unmask" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://foxbaltimore.com/station/share/report-whistleblower-leaks-personal-data-of-4500-dhs-and-ice-agents-to-doxxing-website-anti-ice-prtotesters" target="_blank">prevent doxxing</a>.</li></ul>

How Minnesota's rapid responders track ICE agents in real time

Observer group activities have become a central point of tension between the Trump administration and the state's elected leaders.

Politics & Policy

St. Paul&#x27;s rapid response network spotted the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="known ICE vehicle" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/22/what-to-know-about-ice-out-of-mn-day" data-vars-content-id="b79ba064-5cf9-4a35-b8ad-7a06137078bb" data-vars-headline="How Minnesota&#x27;s rapid responders track ICE agents in real time" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/22/what-to-know-about-ice-out-of-mn-day" target="_self">known ICE vehicle</a> as soon as it entered the neighborhood.Just before 3:45pm last Tuesday, the volunteers who track federal agents — and warn immigrants of their movements — reported it in an encrypted group call.<ul><li>By 4pm, rapid responders had radioed the agents&#x27; destination: Sherburne and Western avenues. Several on the call offered to go observe.</li></ul>

Minnesota takes rare legal steps to ensure probe of Alex Pretti shooting

State and local authorities were barred from investigating the Renee Good shooting. They don't want that to happen again.

Within hours of a Border Patrol agent&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="killing of Alex Pretti" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/24/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agent" data-vars-content-id="1d9bb62f-fde1-4a04-8cef-c69d3dd56f45" data-vars-headline="Minnesota takes rare legal steps to ensure probe of Alex Pretti shooting" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/24/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agent" target="_self">killing of Alex Pretti</a> on Saturday, Minnesota officials launched a series of extraordinary legal maneuvers to stake local authorities&#x27; claim to investigate the shooting.Why it matters: The moves are meant to counter what state officials and legal experts framed as unprecedented obstruction by federal authorities surrounding a shooting investigation that — under most circumstances — would involve state and local authorities.

Immigrant businesses struggle amid ICE crackdown

Commerce has slowed to a virtual standstill for businesses who rely on immigrant customers.

ICE&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="enforcement surge in the Twin Cities" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/12/02/trump-immigration-somalis-minnnesota-crackdown" data-vars-content-id="52ccdda2-04e3-4755-a2d1-a022c28b7bde" data-vars-headline="Immigrant businesses struggle amid ICE crackdown" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/12/02/trump-immigration-somalis-minnnesota-crackdown" target="_self">enforcement surge in the Twin Cities</a> has cast a shadow over daily life in immigrant communities.The big picture: Commerce has slowed <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="to a virtual standstill" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/02/19/trump-immigration-crackdown-minneapolis-businesses" data-vars-content-id="52ccdda2-04e3-4755-a2d1-a022c28b7bde" data-vars-headline="Immigrant businesses struggle amid ICE crackdown" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/02/19/trump-immigration-crackdown-minneapolis-businesses" target="_self">to a virtual standstill</a> for businesses whose immigrant customers — including legal residents, those with <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="temporary deportation protection" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/trump-immigration-temporary-protected-status-myanmar-burma-somalia" data-vars-content-id="52ccdda2-04e3-4755-a2d1-a022c28b7bde" data-vars-headline="Immigrant businesses struggle amid ICE crackdown" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/trump-immigration-temporary-protected-status-myanmar-burma-somalia" target="_self">temporary deportation protection</a>, and naturalized U.S. citizens — are staying home for fear they&#x27;ll encounter ICE.

Former Minnesota senator sentenced to six months in burglary case

The Woodbury Democrat resigned shortly after her July conviction.

Former <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/07/18/senator-nicole-mitchell-guilty" data-vars-content-id="1ba7d1dd-9846-4d24-a28f-7341fe755d14" data-vars-headline="Former Minnesota senator sentenced to six months in burglary case" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/07/18/senator-nicole-mitchell-guilty" target="_self">Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell</a> was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for breaking into her stepmother&#x27;s home. The big picture: The sentencing hearing, which came roughly two months after a Detroit Lakes jury found the Woodbury Democrat guilty of felony burglary charges, marks the end of a legal and political saga that rocked the narrowly divided State Capitol for well over a year.

With election looming, encampment violence tests Frey's record

Mayor Jacob Frey's opponents are calling for a new approach to homelessness.

A recent shooting at a South Minneapolis encampment that <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="killed one woman" data-vars-click-url="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-homeless-encampment-mass-shooting-fatality/" data-vars-content-id="feaead30-1ae0-4559-a7f7-3c3ec7149d3f" data-vars-headline="With election looming, encampment violence tests Frey&#x27;s record" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-homeless-encampment-mass-shooting-fatality/" target="_blank">killed one woman</a> and wounded six other people has put a spotlight on November&#x27;s mayoral election and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mayor Jacob Frey&#x27;s approach to homelessness" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/03/26/minneapolis-homeless-encampments-drop" data-vars-content-id="feaead30-1ae0-4559-a7f7-3c3ec7149d3f" data-vars-headline="With election looming, encampment violence tests Frey&#x27;s record" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/03/26/minneapolis-homeless-encampments-drop" target="_self">Mayor Jacob Frey&#x27;s approach to homelessness</a>.The big picture: In January, the Frey administration issued <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="new orders" data-vars-click-url="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MPLS-3d4a6c0?wgt_ref=MPLS_WIDGET_714#:~:text=To%20curb%20this%20crisis%2C%20Chief,when%20responding%20to%20911%20calls." data-vars-content-id="feaead30-1ae0-4559-a7f7-3c3ec7149d3f" data-vars-headline="With election looming, encampment violence tests Frey&#x27;s record" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MPLS-3d4a6c0?wgt_ref=MPLS_WIDGET_714#:~:text=To%20curb%20this%20crisis%2C%20Chief,when%20responding%20to%20911%20calls." target="_blank">new orders</a> to Minneapolis police officers: Proactively break up small encampments before they turn into tent cities.<ul><li>The orders were meant to break a vicious cycle of police <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="clearing encampments" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/01/03/judge-ruling-minneapolis-homeless-encampment-east-phillips-nenookaasi" data-vars-content-id="feaead30-1ae0-4559-a7f7-3c3ec7149d3f" data-vars-headline="With election looming, encampment violence tests Frey&#x27;s record" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/01/03/judge-ruling-minneapolis-homeless-encampment-east-phillips-nenookaasi" target="_self">clearing encampments</a> only for new ones to form blocks away, with most residents no closer to permanent shelter.</li></ul>

Protecting the "people's house": Minnesota panel confronts security concerns

Gov. Tim Walz has backed adding metal detectors to the Capitol.

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A state panel tasked with making security recommendations for the Minnesota Capitol meets Wednesday for the first time since <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="two state lawmakers were shot in their homes" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/14/minnesota-lawmakers-shooting-politicians-condemn" data-vars-content-id="76fce7c5-f434-498b-9a8a-07a2901f8f62" data-vars-headline="Protecting the &quot;people&#x27;s house&quot;: Minnesota panel confronts security concerns" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/14/minnesota-lawmakers-shooting-politicians-condemn" target="_self">two state lawmakers were shot in their homes</a>.The big picture: The June 14 attacks, which left <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/16/melissa-hortman-policy-reform-legacy" data-vars-content-id="76fce7c5-f434-498b-9a8a-07a2901f8f62" data-vars-headline="Protecting the &quot;people&#x27;s house&quot;: Minnesota panel confronts security concerns" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/16/melissa-hortman-policy-reform-legacy" target="_self">Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman</a> and her husband dead and Sen. John Hoffman and his wife seriously injured, put a somber spotlight on the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="threats and safety risks" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/15/minnesota-melissa-hortman-shootings-political-threats" data-vars-content-id="76fce7c5-f434-498b-9a8a-07a2901f8f62" data-vars-headline="Protecting the &quot;people&#x27;s house&quot;: Minnesota panel confronts security concerns" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/15/minnesota-melissa-hortman-shootings-political-threats" target="_self">threats and safety risks</a> politicians face.

Mayor's rivals step up attacks on Minneapolis police chief

The mayor says Chief O'Hara has his full support, but rivals say MPD has lacked direction under their leadership.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey&#x27;s leading <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="election opponents" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/04/08/minneapolis-mayor-city-council-2025" data-vars-content-id="2dcda592-f933-4132-badc-6dcc7b631310" data-vars-headline="Mayor&#x27;s rivals step up attacks on Minneapolis police chief" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/04/08/minneapolis-mayor-city-council-2025" target="_self">election opponents</a> have ramped up their criticism of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Police Chief Brian O&#x27;Hara" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/07/02/minneapolis-police-chief-brian-ohara-policy-changes" data-vars-content-id="2dcda592-f933-4132-badc-6dcc7b631310" data-vars-headline="Mayor&#x27;s rivals step up attacks on Minneapolis police chief" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/07/02/minneapolis-police-chief-brian-ohara-policy-changes" target="_self">Police Chief Brian O&#x27;Hara</a>, faulting Frey&#x27;s oversight and the chief himself for a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="string" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/10/29/minneapolis-police-davis-moturi-shooting-john-sawchak" data-vars-content-id="2dcda592-f933-4132-badc-6dcc7b631310" data-vars-headline="Mayor&#x27;s rivals step up attacks on Minneapolis police chief" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/10/29/minneapolis-police-davis-moturi-shooting-john-sawchak" target="_self">string</a> of policing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="controversies" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/04/minneapolis-police-ice-federal-raid" data-vars-content-id="2dcda592-f933-4132-badc-6dcc7b631310" data-vars-headline="Mayor&#x27;s rivals step up attacks on Minneapolis police chief" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/04/minneapolis-police-ice-federal-raid" target="_self">controversies</a>.Why it matters: November&#x27;s election could <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="again" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2021/11/03/minneapolis-mayor-election-results-jacob-frey-sheila-nezhad-kate-knuth" data-vars-content-id="2dcda592-f933-4132-badc-6dcc7b631310" data-vars-headline="Mayor&#x27;s rivals step up attacks on Minneapolis police chief" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2021/11/03/minneapolis-mayor-election-results-jacob-frey-sheila-nezhad-kate-knuth" target="_self">again</a> become a referendum on the management of a long-troubled department <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="still under court orders" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/10/trump-minneapolis-consent-decree-returns" data-vars-content-id="2dcda592-f933-4132-badc-6dcc7b631310" data-vars-headline="Mayor&#x27;s rivals step up attacks on Minneapolis police chief" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/06/10/trump-minneapolis-consent-decree-returns" target="_self">still under court orders</a> to rein in misconduct and racially biased enforcement.

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