Climate-induced weather disasters include record wildfires in the West, record-setting heat waves and droughts, and aggressive hurricanes. Here, smoke plumes and hurricane clouds are visible at once. Photo courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory.
Minneapolis teachers picketed outside Justice Page Middle School during the first day of their strike March 8, 2022. Photo by Rilyn Eischens/Minnesota Reformer
Lynn Gevik, a psychiatric nurse practitioner at Essentia Health, speaks at a press conference announcing a union drive by hundreds of advanced practice practitioners on Nov. 28, 2023. Screenshot from Minnesota Nurses Association.
Rep. Andy Smith, DFL-Rochester, takes a picture of a model of Mayo Clinic’s proposed $5 billion expansion at its flagship campus in Rochester on Nov. 28, 2023. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.
Former Former Gov. Mark Dayton made a crucial appearance at a Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing in March about the proposed Fairview-Sanford merger. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer.
Gary Cardinal Sr. administers his “Bong-O-Matic” to a patron on the patio of Midway Saloon in St. Paul as observers record video on Aug. 1, 2023. Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer
Mikah Whitecloud, marketing manager for NativeCare, hands out marijuana menus to customers waiting outside Minnesota’s first recreational marijuana dispensary on the Red Lake reservation on Aug. 1, 2023. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.
Domino’s Pizza is one of several restaurant chains alleged to have misclassified workers as managers to avoid paying overtime, according to a report from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images.
The fixture in the dome, known as the Capitol Electrolier, will now be illuminated during the legislative session. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.
The Walz camp has turned up the hoopla lately to draw national attention to Minnesota. He signed budget bills at an outdoor celebration pictured here that drew hundreds of people, and the Minnesota DFL Party paid for a drone video of the event that went viral. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer.
