Olympic gold medalist and Minnesota native Jessie Diggins announced Wednesday morning that this upcoming cross-country ski race season will be her last, WCCO-TV reports. Diggins was part of the first U.S. Team to win a gold medal in cross-country skiing in 2018.
Families of Bro-Tex workers detained by ICE in St. Paul on Tuesday hosted a community vigil Wednesday where they said they have not been able to reach their loved ones. MPR News reports an ICE spokesperson “did not immediately respond to a request to confirm how many people were detained.”
Minnesota Reformer has the story of deportees who pass through MSP International Airport, many unaware of where they are headed. “Deportation flights were traceable for years using popular tracking websites, but the federal government has recently taken steps to obscure the flight information from the public.”
A report released on Wednesday by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce warns the state’s economy is falling behind, citing data that shows “Minnesota’s GDP per capita has grown 1.0% annually since 2019, while the national average is 1.8%.” The agency announced a multi-year initiative to “reverse the findings of the report,” 5 Eyewitness News reports.
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