
Renee Cooper
Reporter at KSTP-TV (St Paul, MN)
Reporter @KSTP | Former Investigative Lead @WCIA3, @KXMB | @uofsc grad l Choose kindness & the truth.
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5 days ago |
kstp.com | Renee Cooper |Renée Cooper
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS sat down with the Minnesota leaders for the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) in the wake of U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites on Saturday. The direct military action could mark one of the most, if not the most, consequential moments of the Trump presidency amid uncertainty of what could come next.
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1 week ago |
kstp.com | Renee Cooper |Renée Cooper
A backlog at the Minnesota Department of Human Services has kept some lower-income people with disabilities from daily support services. Others are at risk of a gap in those services. Hundreds of applications related to that care, known as Integrated Community Supports (ICS), sit unprocessed. Justina Blatteman has been waiting for one such application to be processed. She relies on round-the-clock care, including a personal care attendant (PCA).
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1 week ago |
kstp.com | Renee Cooper |Renée Cooper
The U.S Forest Service is considering a price hike on recreation fees at the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). The per-person fee for overnight visitors during peak season, which runs from May through September, could rise by more than 50%.
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2 weeks ago |
kstp.com | Renee Cooper |Renée Cooper
On Wednesday, the Town Board scheduled a closed meeting for June 23 to discuss the clerk’s position and compensation, and possibly vote on it. If action is taken, that portion of the meeting must be public. Board members, known as supervisors in the Town of Hudson, hold the town’s purse strings and approve employment contracts.
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2 weeks ago |
kstp.com | Renee Cooper |Renée Cooper
Minnesota is among the minority of states that offer direct assistance to student loan borrowers through state student loan ombudsman offices. Jabra Kawas is Minnesota’s first student loan advocate. The position with the Department of Commerce was created two years ago and remains rather little known.
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In a rare and possibly unprecedented ruling, a judge ordered the City of St. Paul to pay a resident more than $30,000 for violating Minnesota open records law. @KSTP https://t.co/bKjry15SJr

Federal officials say more than a dozen agencies were part of a criminal investigation that sparked fear and protests during the heavily armed raid of a Minneapolis restaurant on Tuesday. ICE badges were seen, but officials say immigration was not a focus. https://t.co/kZWygFwAD8

Bishop Harding Smith responds to the felony wage theft, theft by swindle charges filed against him by Hennepin County prosecutors last week in this exclusive @KSTP interview: https://t.co/2RvFdVwAzo