Cleo Krejci

A new study suggests it’s relatively easy for underage people to buy hemp-derived THC in the Twin Cities area, despite Minnesota’s age-restriction law. In just over 1 in 3 attempts to buy those products, or 34%, young people who collected data for the stu... See more

State Sen. Susan Pha, DFL-Brooklyn Park, has been gathering plants like Solomon’s seal, fiddlehead fern and stinging nettle for years. It’s a tradition she learned from her parents and one she’s passed to her children. And like many in Minnesota, for a lo... See more

Minnesota’s Senate Republican leader said he disagrees with painting a single community with a broad brush but dismissed pressure from Democrats to rebuke President Donald Trump’s racist comments about Somali Americans as “selective partisan outrage.” A D... See more

At Nothing But Hemp’s Northeast Minneapolis facility, mountains of sugar-coated candies sit waiting to be hand packaged. The facility produces about 60,000 hemp-derived THC gummies each day. Before they are sold in state, they must be tested for potency a... See more

State lawmakers are attempting to assess the impact of cuts to federal grants on higher education in the state, including several institutions in St. Paul. A senate subcommittee last week heard testimony from representatives of several colleges and univer... See more