MPR News (Saint Paul, MN)

18 hours ago | mprnews.org | Russell Lewis

The commissioner of Major League Baseball has removed Pete Rose, ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson and 15 other deceased players from the sport’s permanent ineligibility list. The move clears the way for Rose, Jackson and others to potentially be voted into the Hall of Fame. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred made the decision after the Rose family filed an application to change the policy following Rose's death last year at age 83.

21 hours ago | mprnews.org | Matt Sepic

As Minnesota lawmakers hammer out a budget bill ahead of a Monday deadline, a Ramsey County judge is considering a challenge to last year’s spending package. A gun rights group argues that a ban on a certain type of trigger that DFLers added to the sprawling 2024 tax plan violates a prohibition on multi-subject bills. Guns equipped with binary triggers can fire a round both on the pull of the trigger and its release.

21 hours ago | mprnews.org | Dan Kraker |David Schaper

Firefighters battling at least two major out of control wildfires in northeastern Minnesota are bracing for more hot, dry windy weather on Wednesday, making it difficult to contain the blazes. The Camp House and Jenkins Creek fires together have burned more than 30 square miles of forest, destroying dozens of homes and cabins. Authorities have issued evacuation advisories to the residents of more than 100 homes in the area, and some of those evacuation advisories have been extended.

1 day ago | mprnews.org | Cathy Wurzer |Lukas Levin

Listeners to 89.9 KKWE might hear Ojibwe language and drumming music in between independent reporting on the local tribal government. They might catch local hosts, like the “Talking with Terry” morning show — which station manager Maggie Rousu lovingly describes as “news, information, bad jokes.”Rousu is part of a small team that keeps Niijii Radio running. It’s a tribal radio station located on the White Earth Reservation in northeastern Minnesota.

1 day ago | mprnews.org | Sydney Lupkin

President Trump is taking aim at U.S. drug prices with an executive order geared toward forcing drug companies to match the lower prices paid in other developed countries. If drugmakers don't do it voluntarily, the administration is threatening to directly tie drug prices paid by government programs like Medicare to those paid in other countries.