Harry Colbert

In a review of the case files in Haynes’ conviction, Mary Moriarty said there was no reason the Hennepin County Attorney at the time – now Sen. Amy Klobuchar – should have allowed prosecution of the then 16-year-old.

Choosing to open carry as a Black man makes you less safe, not more safe.

Plus: St. Paul has its first Black woman captain; helium discovered in the Iron Range; Strib to rebrand; and more.

Winter Keefer, who most recently has been an associate editor at Twin Cities Business, will join MinnPost on March 26.

Idea behind the event is to equip barbers and stylists in their informal roles as ‘counselors’ in their popular shops.

Concluding our year-long look at Minnesota 50 years post the Time Magazine article, “The Good Life in Minnesota: Minnesota, a state that works.”

So, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Associated Press’ Linley Sanders has poll analisis: “An ABC News/Ipsos survey conducted before Walz was selected for the VP slot, but after vetting began, showed that nearly 9 in 10 U.S. adults didn’t know enough about him, or had no opinion. Among Americans with a view, opinions were split between positive and negative: 6% had a favorable view, and 7% had an unfavorable one.”

Plus: Walz fact checked; another ballot error; sensory rooms coming to MSP; St. Paul to get a Monopoly edition; and more.

Ben Henry at KSTP reports: “Part of the rank-and-file (of new MPD officers ) are 11 recruits and 12 lateral officers who are joining from other agencies, some with more than a decade of experience.

St. Paul native and CNN anchor Laura Coates served as the opening moderator for this past weekend's MinnPost Festival, facilitating a one-on-one interview with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.