2026.06.05
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lsandersonChild marriage with parental consent is still legal in Wisconsin. Republicans have blocked Democratic efforts to change that.
Nearly 300 16- and 17-year-olds were married in Wisconsin over the past decade.
By Gus Pirlot, Wisconsin Watch
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/06/child-marriage-with-parental-consent-is-still-legal-in-wisconsin-republicans-have-blocked-democratic-efforts-to-change-that/
Waymo is on the roads, but some Minneapolitans are hoping to hit the brakes
Political leaders and others met at a forum this week to get out in front of the expected launch of Waymo’s driverless taxis.
by Trevor Mitchell
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/06/waymo-here-but-some-minneapolitans-are-hoping-to-hit-the-brakes/
Fraud: What if we treat for-profits the same as nonprofits when they get public money?
Q&A with Minnesota Council of Nonprofits about new laws and efforts to fight fraud in the state.
By Nora Hertel, Project Optimist
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/06/fraud-what-if-we-treat-for-profits-the-same-as-nonprofits-when-they-get-public-money/
The Minnesota Department of Health says it has seen an increase in the number of emergency visits related to tick bites over the past few months, MPR News reported Thursday. The increased number of tick bites may indicate shifts in their behavior or habitat, raising public health concerns as outdoor activity increases. Via MinnPost
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/04/ticks-are-thriving-in-minnesota-experts-explain-why
While UCare, one of Minnesota’s largest health insurers at the time, faced mounting financial losses and plans for liquidation, its CEO, Hilary Marden-Resnik, and a dozen other top executives were paid millions of dollars in compensation and bonuses, according to a filing obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune on Thursday. Via MinnPost
https://www.startribune.com/ucare-paid-ceo-128m-during-collapse-including-a-bonus/601852695
More than 3,400 Minnesota Medicaid providers in programs identified as high-risk were notified they will be disenrolled from the program following a comprehensive review by the state Department of Human Services, KARE 11 reported Thursday. Via MinnPost
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/more-than-3400-high-risk-minnesota-medicaid-providers-disenrolled-following-comprehensive-review/89-5bf6c9c4-5588-43a5-a6d8-358fc546becb
Chaos at Minnesota conventions reignites calls for a new way of choosing candidates
Scrapping caucuses and moving up primary elections is gaining traction among those who say the state’s century-old system is outdated.
by Ana Radelat
https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/06/chaos-at-minnesota-conventions-reignites-calls-for-a-new-way-of-choosing-candidates/
Paint the town purple: Minneapolis honors Prince with concerts, block parties and a new museum
Also this weekend: roller skating in St. Paul, an Asian street food festival in Maplewood, and a new exhibit at Indigenous Roots.
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-prince-block-party-roller-skating-asian-street-food/
MN Shortlist June 5-11: A Gay ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ a new ICE puppet play and ‘Favourite Girl’ rock
Alex V. Cipolle and Jacob Aloi
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/05/mn-shortlist-june-511-gay-midsummer-ice-puppet-play-favourite-girl-rock
Ticks are thriving in Minnesota. Experts explain why.
Why are ticks thriving in Minnesota?
Erica Zurek
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/04/ticks-are-thriving-in-minnesota-experts-explain-why
International Space Station astronauts under evacuation orders over air leak
Nasa says Russian crew trying to fix worsening air leak in its portion of orbital laboratory
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/05/international-space-station-astronauts-under-evacuation-orders
Trump lawyers refuse to reveal financial information to BBC in defamation case
Request for evidence to support claims of reputational and financial harm from Panorama documentary dismissed as ‘fishing expedition’
Harry Taylor
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/05/donald-trump-lawyers-refuse-reveal-financial-information-bbc-defamation-case
US added 172,000 jobs in May as labor market shows signs of resilience
Government figures show unemployment rate at 4.3% amid rising inflation and economic uncertainty from Iran war
Gaya Gupta
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/05/us-jobs-market-unemployment
A disease of deforestation: how Ebola is linked to the smartphone in your pocket
As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreaks
Sonia Shah
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/05/ebola-mineral-mining-smartphones-congo
Unseen Edith Wharton short story is published more than a century later
The Men Who Saved the World, the Pulitzer winner’s lost manuscript found in Yale archives, appears in Strand magazine
Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/05/edith-wharton-short-story-published
Sex, austerity and mugs of vodka: how the Greek myth Iphigenia became a Welsh-language film sensation
Cath Clarke
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/05/how-greek-myth-iphigenia-became-welsh-language-film-iphigenia-in-splott-effi-o-blaenau
Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia: Who has the stronger case? Trademark lawyers weigh in
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
By Moises Mendez II
https://www.out.com/drag/pattie-gonia-patagonia-trademark-lawyers
Week in wildlife: a lazy sea lion, baby ospreys and rare lemur quads
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
Baby boom: a Devon wildlife charity is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs.
Joanna Ruck
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/jun/05/week-in-wildlife-a-lazy-sea-lion-baby-ospreys-and-rare-lemur-quads
Lesbian rebels, exotic dancing and domesticity: New York’s Upstate Photography Biennial – in pictures
The Center for Photography at Woodstock (in Kingston, New York) recently opened the first-ever New York Upstate Photography Biennial, featuring the work of 39 artists who live and work across the Hudson valley and beyond. The show, co-curated by Marina Chao and Adam Giles Ryan, highlights the diverse work of photographers in the upstate region. Their images will be on view until 6 September 2026
Curated and written by Briana Ellis-Gibbs
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jun/04/new-york-upstate-photography-biennial-exhibition
Nearly 300 16- and 17-year-olds were married in Wisconsin over the past decade.
By Gus Pirlot, Wisconsin Watch
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/06/child-marriage-with-parental-consent-is-still-legal-in-wisconsin-republicans-have-blocked-democratic-efforts-to-change-that/
Waymo is on the roads, but some Minneapolitans are hoping to hit the brakes
Political leaders and others met at a forum this week to get out in front of the expected launch of Waymo’s driverless taxis.
by Trevor Mitchell
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/06/waymo-here-but-some-minneapolitans-are-hoping-to-hit-the-brakes/
Fraud: What if we treat for-profits the same as nonprofits when they get public money?
Q&A with Minnesota Council of Nonprofits about new laws and efforts to fight fraud in the state.
By Nora Hertel, Project Optimist
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2026/06/fraud-what-if-we-treat-for-profits-the-same-as-nonprofits-when-they-get-public-money/
The Minnesota Department of Health says it has seen an increase in the number of emergency visits related to tick bites over the past few months, MPR News reported Thursday. The increased number of tick bites may indicate shifts in their behavior or habitat, raising public health concerns as outdoor activity increases. Via MinnPost
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/04/ticks-are-thriving-in-minnesota-experts-explain-why
While UCare, one of Minnesota’s largest health insurers at the time, faced mounting financial losses and plans for liquidation, its CEO, Hilary Marden-Resnik, and a dozen other top executives were paid millions of dollars in compensation and bonuses, according to a filing obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune on Thursday. Via MinnPost
https://www.startribune.com/ucare-paid-ceo-128m-during-collapse-including-a-bonus/601852695
More than 3,400 Minnesota Medicaid providers in programs identified as high-risk were notified they will be disenrolled from the program following a comprehensive review by the state Department of Human Services, KARE 11 reported Thursday. Via MinnPost
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/more-than-3400-high-risk-minnesota-medicaid-providers-disenrolled-following-comprehensive-review/89-5bf6c9c4-5588-43a5-a6d8-358fc546becb
Chaos at Minnesota conventions reignites calls for a new way of choosing candidates
Scrapping caucuses and moving up primary elections is gaining traction among those who say the state’s century-old system is outdated.
by Ana Radelat
https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/06/chaos-at-minnesota-conventions-reignites-calls-for-a-new-way-of-choosing-candidates/
Paint the town purple: Minneapolis honors Prince with concerts, block parties and a new museum
Also this weekend: roller skating in St. Paul, an Asian street food festival in Maplewood, and a new exhibit at Indigenous Roots.
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-prince-block-party-roller-skating-asian-street-food/
MN Shortlist June 5-11: A Gay ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ a new ICE puppet play and ‘Favourite Girl’ rock
Alex V. Cipolle and Jacob Aloi
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/05/mn-shortlist-june-511-gay-midsummer-ice-puppet-play-favourite-girl-rock
Ticks are thriving in Minnesota. Experts explain why.
Why are ticks thriving in Minnesota?
Erica Zurek
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/04/ticks-are-thriving-in-minnesota-experts-explain-why
International Space Station astronauts under evacuation orders over air leak
Nasa says Russian crew trying to fix worsening air leak in its portion of orbital laboratory
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/05/international-space-station-astronauts-under-evacuation-orders
Trump lawyers refuse to reveal financial information to BBC in defamation case
Request for evidence to support claims of reputational and financial harm from Panorama documentary dismissed as ‘fishing expedition’
Harry Taylor
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/05/donald-trump-lawyers-refuse-reveal-financial-information-bbc-defamation-case
US added 172,000 jobs in May as labor market shows signs of resilience
Government figures show unemployment rate at 4.3% amid rising inflation and economic uncertainty from Iran war
Gaya Gupta
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/05/us-jobs-market-unemployment
A disease of deforestation: how Ebola is linked to the smartphone in your pocket
As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreaks
Sonia Shah
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/05/ebola-mineral-mining-smartphones-congo
Unseen Edith Wharton short story is published more than a century later
The Men Who Saved the World, the Pulitzer winner’s lost manuscript found in Yale archives, appears in Strand magazine
Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/05/edith-wharton-short-story-published
Sex, austerity and mugs of vodka: how the Greek myth Iphigenia became a Welsh-language film sensation
Cath Clarke
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/05/how-greek-myth-iphigenia-became-welsh-language-film-iphigenia-in-splott-effi-o-blaenau
Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia: Who has the stronger case? Trademark lawyers weigh in
Three legal experts share their opinions on the outdoor apparel brand's lawsuit against the drag performer.
By Moises Mendez II
https://www.out.com/drag/pattie-gonia-patagonia-trademark-lawyers
Week in wildlife: a lazy sea lion, baby ospreys and rare lemur quads
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
Baby boom: a Devon wildlife charity is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs.
Joanna Ruck
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/jun/05/week-in-wildlife-a-lazy-sea-lion-baby-ospreys-and-rare-lemur-quads
Lesbian rebels, exotic dancing and domesticity: New York’s Upstate Photography Biennial – in pictures
The Center for Photography at Woodstock (in Kingston, New York) recently opened the first-ever New York Upstate Photography Biennial, featuring the work of 39 artists who live and work across the Hudson valley and beyond. The show, co-curated by Marina Chao and Adam Giles Ryan, highlights the diverse work of photographers in the upstate region. Their images will be on view until 6 September 2026
Curated and written by Briana Ellis-Gibbs
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jun/04/new-york-upstate-photography-biennial-exhibition
