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President Barack Obama addresses the crowd during a town hall meeting at Minnehaha Park on June 26, 2014.

Obama uses Twin Cities stage as national soapbox

by Taylor Nachtigal
Published July 2, 2014
The president made his seventh trip to Minnesota, which was his first overnight stay.
President Barack Obama waves goodbye to the crowd after giving a 30-minute speech on June 27, 2014, at the Lake Harriet Band Shell. He praised Minnesota legislation while criticizing Republicans in Congress for blocking his agenda.

Obama speaks at Lake Harriet

by Marion Renault
Published June 27, 2014
In the second day of his seventh trip to Minnesota, the president continued to criticize Republicans in Congress.

Obama expands student loan repayment plan

by Taylor Nachtigal
Published June 18, 2014
Also, a Senate bill backed by Minnesota lawmakers for refinancing student loans failed last week but may get another vote.

FBI investigates city’s Somali community

by Ethan Nelson
Published June 18, 2014
Agents from the FBI are meeting with Somali community members in Cedar-Riverside as part of an ongoing investigation.

Tech experts call for heightened cybersecurity

by Lyra Fontaine
Published June 4, 2014
Some University of Minnesota professors say the school could do more to fortify online security.
Karen Kaler briefly visits with a patient in a play room at the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital on West Bank during a tour of the building on April 25. Karen Kaler volunteers to rock premature infants at the Children's Hospital.

The University’s No. 1 ambassador

by Tyler Gieseke
Published May 6, 2014
While the role of the university president’s spouse is changing nationwide, Karen Kaler remains a committed advocate for the University of Minnesota.
Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, speaks at a press conference on Friday morning at Coffman Memorial. On Thursday, the Education Department revealed a list of 55 colleges under investigation for their responses to sexual assault allegations. Although the University was not on the list, sexual assault is still a concern on campus.

Feds take aim at sexual assault

by Haley Hansen
Published May 5, 2014
New recommendations and investigations are putting pressure on schools nationwide.

Student activists take on Keystone XL pipeline

by Vanessa Nyarko
Published April 24, 2014
Students from three states are joining a protest this weekend.

Medicaid expansion may help pregnant inmates

by Kristoffer Tigue
Published April 22, 2014
U researchers say the Affordable Care Act could benefit thousands of prisoners.
Minnesota Daily alumnus Kevin Siers, now of the Charlotte Observer, won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for editorial cartooning. As a Daily cartoonist in the 1980s, he drew a variety of poliltical cartoons like this one, about then-Gov. Al Quie.

U alumnus wins Pulitzer

by Anne Millerbernd
Published April 15, 2014
Former Minnesota Daily cartoonist Kevin Siers won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday.

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