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Xcel president: Minnesota can meet data center energy demands and 2040 carbon-free mandate

15 hours ago | minnesotareformer.com | Brian Martucci

The intra-DFL rift between labor unions whose members build data centers and progressives skeptical of corporate giveaways was on full display at the Capitol last week as lawmakers considered extending generous tax breaks for data centers’ purchases of computers, software and energy equipment. It was also evident in a May 28 energy webinar featuring top utility executives, state officials and representatives from regional labor, agriculture and environmental groups.
AG Ellison condemns federal raid in Minneapolis

2 days ago | minnesotareformer.com | Madison McVan

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison condemned Tuesday’s militarized federal law enforcement action in Minneapolis, saying “it seemed like the point was to inflict terror and fear into the community.”Dozens of armed federal agents from multiple agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raided a Minneapolis taco restaurant Tuesday in a majority-Latino neighborhood that was rocked by protests against the police murder of George Floyd five years ago.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: ‘We are a whisper away from Jim Crow’

2 days ago | minnesotareformer.com | Madison McVan

When President Donald Trump’s performance in the polls in 2024 signaled a possible re-election, Keith Ellison and fellow Democratic attorneys general read Project 2025 and started getting ready, especially when Trump hired the key author of the planning document after his election. They divided the documents into sections and marshaled their staff lawyers to be ready with lawsuits.
Hundreds protest ICE, other federal law enforcement action in Minneapolis

3 days ago | minnesotareformer.com | Madison McVan

Federal law enforcement officers raided a Minneapolis taco restaurant Tuesday morning, sparking protests from immigrant rights activists and neighbors. Officers wearing the uniforms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Minneapolis Police Department, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and the criminal investigation arm of the IRS surrounded Las Cuatro Milpas on East Lake Street.
Rank-and-file reject Minnesota legislative leaders’ ‘skinny’ tax bill

4 days ago | minnesotareformer.com | Max Nesterak

Senate Taxes Chair Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, didn’t need much time to shoot down the “skinny,” 12-page tax bill proposed by Minnesota legislative leaders as they rush to button-up a two-year budget deal, without which the state shuts down at the end of the month. “I rejected it right off the bat,” Rest said in an interview Monday.
Star Tribune offers employees buyouts

4 days ago | minnesotareformer.com | Madison McVan

by Madison McVan, Minnesota Reformer June 2, 2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune, the state’s largest media company, is offering employees buyouts as part of its widescale change under the leadership of publisher Steve Grove. Employees received an email Monday morning from Grove announcing the buyouts, which are targeted towards experienced employees: in order to qualify for the buyout, an employee’s age plus their years of service must equal at least 65.
The Topline: The end of the line?

4 days ago | minnesotareformer.com | Christopher Ingraham

Welcome to The Topline, a weekly roundup of the big numbers driving the Minnesota news cycle, as well as the smaller ones that you might have missed. This week: the bottom line. Well Reformers, this is it: the final Topline. Call it the Bottom Line? As this is my last day here, I thought I’d do something a little more self-indulgent than usual and look back at my time at the Reformer, by the numbers.
PBS, Minnesota public TV station sue Trump over executive order cutting off funds

1 week ago | minnesotareformer.com | Jennifer Shutt |Minnesota Reformer

WASHINGTON — The Public Broadcasting Service and Lakeland PBS in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Friday, arguing an executive order seeking to cut off their federal funding violates the Constitution and would “upend public television.”The lawsuit was filed just days after a collection of National Public Radio stations sued President Donald Trump over the same executive order, which blocked the Corporation from Public Broadcasting from funding the networks.
Trump ‘blatant’ refusal to comply in deportation case shows growing rift with judges

1 week ago | minnesotareformer.com | Ariana Figueroa |Minnesota Reformer

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Maryland slammed the Trump administration Friday for its “blatant lack of effort to comply” with her order earlier this month to report steps taken to facilitate the return of a second wrongly deported man to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador.
Building trades hold out hope for data center tax breaks in Minnesota budget — and other labor news • Minnesota Reformer

1 week ago | minnesotareformer.com | Max Nesterak

Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Building trades push for data center tax incentives; head of violence intervention nonprofit charged with felony wage theft; Trump flips on Nippon-U.S. Steel deal; Planned Parenthood lays off 66 workers; judge dismisses lawsuit challenging holiday pay for nursing home workers; and trade war hurts global jobs outlook.