To hear Dean Phillips tell it, he’s trying to do the Democratic Party a favor. The Minnesota congressman says he is running against his party’s incumbent president to give it a better shot at beating Donald Trump.

Read more over at the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/dean-phillips-new-hampshire-democrat-primary-b0cecb54

Minnesota saw the largest increase in pill seizures in the DEA's five-state Omaha Division.

Read more over at Alpha News: https://alphanews.org/minnesota-sees-127-increase-in-fentanyl-seizures/

Some of the students and staff sustained minor injuries like scrapes and bruises and two adults were arrested.

Read more over at Alpha News: https://alphanews.org/st-louis-park-high-school-cancels-classes-friday-after-multiple-fights-break-out/

Postal workers demonstrated in downtown Minneapolis in the wake of the robberies to demand protection and a stop to the violent assaults on letter carriers.

Read more over at Alpha News: https://alphanews.org/federal-charges-filed-against-st-paul-man-accused-of-robbing-postal-employees/

The suspect has a lengthy criminal history that includes a 2017 case where he shot a man over a drug dispute.

Read more over at Alpha News: https://alphanews.org/suspect-tried-to-carjack-3-people-last-week-at-bloomington-moa-and-in-richfield/

The inmate conspired with a corrections officer to distribute drugs inside the prison.

Read more over at Alpha News: https://alphanews.org/stillwater-inmate-pleads-guilty-to-prison-meth-distribution-conspiracy/

Police said it started in the school’s gymnasium after a middle-school basketball game and spilled out onto the street.

Read more over at Alpha News: https://alphanews.org/200-parents-and-students-involved-in-post-game-brawl-in-minneapolis/

Democrats already passed a bill during the 2023 legislative session that legalized abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.

A breakdown of MDE data shows a small increase in school meals served daily per school building.

Read more over at Alpha News: https://alphanews.org/walz-defends-newly-revealed-176m-cost-overrun-for-school-meals-program/