Mark Freie

1 day ago | audacy.com | Mark Freie |Taylor Rivera

A new lawsuit filed Tuesday by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison alleges the Trump Administration is bullying vulnerable children in Minnesota. "Minnesota brings this lawsuit to stop President Trump and his administration from bullying vulnerable children in this state," Ellison says, adding that two of Trump's executive orders targeting transgender children and adults violate the U.S. Constitution as well as Title IX.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Mark Freie |Lindsey Peterson

A CDC report released this week shows an increase in autism rates nationwide reflects what experts are seeing here in Minnesota as well. The Minnesota Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network says prevalence rates are 1 in 28 in the state compared to 1 in 31 nationally. Dr. Amy Esler tells the WCCO Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar that increased awareness and better screening play a significant role in rising rates.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Steve Simpson |Mark Freie |Lindsey Peterson

The remains uncertainty surrounding tariffs even after the Trump Administration announced exemptions for popular tech products made in China. Tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Mark Freie

From the ground up, the SPS Tower in downtown Minneapolis is changing the way in-office work looks after the COVID-19 pandemic took employees out of their downtown offices and left questions about whether or not they would eventually return. "Shortly after Sumitomo purchased the building, we were studying ways to make improvements like everybody else was," said Jim Montez, who's responsible for leasing the SPS Tower spaces as part of his role with Transwestern. "And then, the pandemic hit.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Mark Freie

Thousands of Lime and Spin e-bikes and scooters returned to Minneapolis this week as the city launched its Shared Bike and Scooter Program for the 2025 season with rentals starting Monday, April 7. New this year, Lime and Spin will pilot year-round operations of scooters and bikes. The program typically shut down at the end of November. "We're not seeing it as a dramatic change," said Dillon Fried with the Traffic and Parking Services Division in Minneapolis.