In today’s newsletter: Minnesota residents, leaders and protesters express their fears as thousands of federal officers flood the state.

Gov. Tim Walz encouraged Minnesota residents to carry their phones at all times to record federal immigration actions for any type of abuse.

"Saturday Night Live" reportedly cut cast member Tommy Brennan's politically-charged monologue defending Minneapolis and mocking ICE from the Jan. 17 episode.

On the one-week anniversary of Renee Good's death, Governor Walz addressed Minnesotans as thousands of federal agents remain in the state.

Plenty of Minnesotans are responding to the sticker shock by trading richer benefits for lower monthly bills. As of Jan. 14, about 55% of MNsure enrollees had signed up for “bronze” plans, up from roughly 47% at a similar point last year. That shift trims premiums but increases out-of-pocket exposure when people actually use care.

On Thursday, Jan. 15, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the launch of a form on the Minnesota Attorney General’s website that allows Minnesotans to share information about how they, or someone close to them,

Gov. Walz said he had four critical things to say to Minnesotans, and called the recent ICE surge "a campaign of organized brutality."

Over a thousand people gathered for a vigil and rally Saturday night at Whittier Park in Minneapolis to mourn Alex Pretti, the man who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent. After the vigil, demonstrators marched in subzero temperatures to the site where Pretti was killed on Nicollet Avenue,