2026.05.20
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lsandersonThis supersized heat pump will heat and cool a whole St. Paul neighborhood
by Brian Martucci
https://www.minnpost.com/newsletter/this-supersized-heat-pump-will-heat-and-cool-a-whole-st-paul-neighborhood/
Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill banning prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from operating in the state, making Minnesota the first state to do so, NPR News reported Tuesday. In response to the new law, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against the state Tuesday to block it, according to a press release from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Via MinnPost
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5821265/minnesota-ban-prediction-markets
Pet owners are being cautioned about Bobcat fever, or Cytauxzoon felis, a tickborne illness that can be deadly to cats, KARE 11 reported Tuesday. Veterinarians say Lone Star ticks and American dog ticks are the most common carriers of the disease, which can spread just a few hours after a cat is bitten by an infected tick. Symptoms of the disease include fever, lethargy, loss of appetite and yellowing of the skin. Via MinnPost
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/bobcat-fever-spreads-tick-bites-deadly-cats/507-ad9d5439-1a5c-45e4-8115-7d40eaf60126?tbref=hp
The family of a student who was shot twice during the Annunciation school shooting is speaking out after lawmakers in the Minnesota Legislature failed to pass gun safety and school security legislation, KSTP reported Monday night. Via MinnPost
https://kstp.com/inside-your-schools/annunciation-student-who-was-shot-twice-has-message-for-lawmakers/
Minn. counties welcome state funds to overhaul old technology to administer SNAP, Medicaid
Minnesota counties welcome funding to overhaul decades-old technology systems
Hannah Yang
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/20/mn-counties-await-90-million-dollars-for-upgrading-old-tech-administer-snap-medicaid
North Shore Highway 61 reopens after fire just in time for Memorial Day
Dan Kraker
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/20/highway-61-on-north-shore-reopens-after-stewart-trail-fire
US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds
Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers
Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/how-much-companies-spend-fight-unions
Billy Joel condemns upcoming biopic about his early life as ‘legally and professionally misguided’
Singer-songwriter has ‘not authorised or supported’ Billy & Me, which will be based on the story of his first manager Irwin Mazur
Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/20/billy-joel-condemns-upcoming-biopic-about-his-early-life-as-legally-and-professionally-misguided
An Epstein ‘reading room’ is showing 3.5m printed-out files. Why does it feel like a troll?
A New York exhibit of more than 3,000 volumes bills itself as ‘an exercise in radical transparency’ – and a bid for attention
Julia Carrie Wong
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/epstein-files-reading-room
New York woman dies after stepping out of car into open manhole
Family seeks answers after incident at uncovered maintenance hole near Cartier building late at night
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/new-york-manhole-death-manhattan
Former US representative Barney Frank dies aged 86
Family says Massachusetts Democrat entered hospice care last month, dealing with congestive heart failure
Anna Betts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/barney-frank-dead
by Brian Martucci
https://www.minnpost.com/newsletter/this-supersized-heat-pump-will-heat-and-cool-a-whole-st-paul-neighborhood/
Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill banning prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from operating in the state, making Minnesota the first state to do so, NPR News reported Tuesday. In response to the new law, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against the state Tuesday to block it, according to a press release from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Via MinnPost
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5821265/minnesota-ban-prediction-markets
Pet owners are being cautioned about Bobcat fever, or Cytauxzoon felis, a tickborne illness that can be deadly to cats, KARE 11 reported Tuesday. Veterinarians say Lone Star ticks and American dog ticks are the most common carriers of the disease, which can spread just a few hours after a cat is bitten by an infected tick. Symptoms of the disease include fever, lethargy, loss of appetite and yellowing of the skin. Via MinnPost
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/bobcat-fever-spreads-tick-bites-deadly-cats/507-ad9d5439-1a5c-45e4-8115-7d40eaf60126?tbref=hp
The family of a student who was shot twice during the Annunciation school shooting is speaking out after lawmakers in the Minnesota Legislature failed to pass gun safety and school security legislation, KSTP reported Monday night. Via MinnPost
https://kstp.com/inside-your-schools/annunciation-student-who-was-shot-twice-has-message-for-lawmakers/
Minn. counties welcome state funds to overhaul old technology to administer SNAP, Medicaid
Minnesota counties welcome funding to overhaul decades-old technology systems
Hannah Yang
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/20/mn-counties-await-90-million-dollars-for-upgrading-old-tech-administer-snap-medicaid
North Shore Highway 61 reopens after fire just in time for Memorial Day
Dan Kraker
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/20/highway-61-on-north-shore-reopens-after-stewart-trail-fire
US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds
Critics say employers spend money hiring union-avoidance consultants and lawyers while not investing in workers
Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/how-much-companies-spend-fight-unions
Billy Joel condemns upcoming biopic about his early life as ‘legally and professionally misguided’
Singer-songwriter has ‘not authorised or supported’ Billy & Me, which will be based on the story of his first manager Irwin Mazur
Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/20/billy-joel-condemns-upcoming-biopic-about-his-early-life-as-legally-and-professionally-misguided
An Epstein ‘reading room’ is showing 3.5m printed-out files. Why does it feel like a troll?
A New York exhibit of more than 3,000 volumes bills itself as ‘an exercise in radical transparency’ – and a bid for attention
Julia Carrie Wong
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/epstein-files-reading-room
New York woman dies after stepping out of car into open manhole
Family seeks answers after incident at uncovered maintenance hole near Cartier building late at night
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/new-york-manhole-death-manhattan
Former US representative Barney Frank dies aged 86
Family says Massachusetts Democrat entered hospice care last month, dealing with congestive heart failure
Anna Betts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/barney-frank-dead
