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2025.02.06
Feb. 6th, 2025 09:29 amDana Ferguson at MPR News reports: “A nearly four-week standoff over control in the Minnesota House appears to be near an end, with Democrats and Republicans planning to announce a deal on Thursday. The House has been unable to convene as Democrats have boycotted since the Jan. 14 session start and Republicans couldn’t muster the 68 members to conduct business.” Via MinnPost
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/05/minnesota-house-dfl-gop-say-they-have-agreement-to-end-stalemate
The Strib’s Deena Miller reports: “The city of Minneapolis is poised to settle another batch of workers’ compensation cases with police officers, including one who cost the city over $400,000 in legal fees after he was sued for beating people up while off duty.” Via MinnPost
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/02/dfl-gop-come-to-agreement-over-control-of-the-minnesota-house/
Winona man sentenced in sextortion scheme involving minors
By KTTC Staff
https://www.kttc.com/2025/02/05/winona-man-sentenced-sextortion-scheme-involving-minors/
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
Kansas reckons with large tuberculosis outbreak as health officials hamstrung
Experts fear consequences of Trump’s restrictions on CDC as state sees one of largest outbreaks ever recorded in US
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/kansas-tuberculosis-public-health
US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access
Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/private-equity-healthcare
Nothing to see here either, folks. Move along.
Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists
EU monitor says global temperatures were 1.75C above preindustrial levels, extending run of unprecedented highs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/hottest-january-on-record-climate-scientists-global-temperatures-high
US supreme court may revive doctrine that would curb federal agencies’ power
Case on nondelegation doctrine comes after conservative court substantially curbed regulatory power in recent years
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/nondelegation-doctrine-supreme-court
Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest
Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards
By Mac Margolis in Rio de Janeiro and Belém, Brazil
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/06/ancient-garden-cities-amazon-indigenous-technologies-archaeology-lost-civilisations-environment-terra-preta
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/05/minnesota-house-dfl-gop-say-they-have-agreement-to-end-stalemate
The Strib’s Deena Miller reports: “The city of Minneapolis is poised to settle another batch of workers’ compensation cases with police officers, including one who cost the city over $400,000 in legal fees after he was sued for beating people up while off duty.” Via MinnPost
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/02/dfl-gop-come-to-agreement-over-control-of-the-minnesota-house/
Winona man sentenced in sextortion scheme involving minors
By KTTC Staff
https://www.kttc.com/2025/02/05/winona-man-sentenced-sextortion-scheme-involving-minors/
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
Kansas reckons with large tuberculosis outbreak as health officials hamstrung
Experts fear consequences of Trump’s restrictions on CDC as state sees one of largest outbreaks ever recorded in US
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/kansas-tuberculosis-public-health
US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access
Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/private-equity-healthcare
Nothing to see here either, folks. Move along.
Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists
EU monitor says global temperatures were 1.75C above preindustrial levels, extending run of unprecedented highs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/hottest-january-on-record-climate-scientists-global-temperatures-high
US supreme court may revive doctrine that would curb federal agencies’ power
Case on nondelegation doctrine comes after conservative court substantially curbed regulatory power in recent years
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/nondelegation-doctrine-supreme-court
Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest
Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards
By Mac Margolis in Rio de Janeiro and Belém, Brazil
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/06/ancient-garden-cities-amazon-indigenous-technologies-archaeology-lost-civilisations-environment-terra-preta
