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Woodlawn Cemetery tour celebrates history of Irish people who helped shape NYC's history News 12 Staff Updated on:Mar 24, 2021, 7:29am EDT St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner and some people celebrated the holiday at Woodlawn Cemetery on Sunday. It was all about Celtic heritage and Irish pride on a tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in honor of St. Patrick's Day. The cemetery's trolly takes guests to the final resting place prominent people of Irish descent, from entertainers to Civil War heroes. "The Irish were so important in New York City's history, and it's great to visit these folks that...

The Minnesota Supreme Court Chamber, located inside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. (Photo via Jonathunder/Wikipedia Commons) ST. PAUL, Minn. (CN) — Minnesota’s highest court unanimously upheld the state’s nonconsensual-porn statute Wednesday, bringing holiday cheer to privacy advocates and a year-end letdown to free-speech groups. The court found that the statute, which has been embroiled in litigation since its passage in 2016, criminalizes constitutionally protected speech but is focused tightly enough on preventing the nonconsensual dissemination of explicit images to stan...

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the law is narrowly written to avoid violating other speech.

St. Peter CPA Marie Dranttel knows more than most about navigating the federal Payroll Protection Program that provided forgivable loans to business as part of the CARES Act. The $659 billion in funding was aimed at providing money for keeping employees on the payroll and for some other qualifying expenses. Businesses can get the loans forgiven after documenting they used them for qualifying expenses. Drantell received a $23,400 PPP loan to help pay her staff. “It helped. It paid wages. That’s what it was there for and I used it,” said Drantell, who is also a Nicollet County co...

Millions in federal relief goes to Minnesota companies with ties to lawmakers Lawmaker-linked Minnesota companies got nearly $18M in federal aid this year.  December 11, 2020 — 3:24pm Text size Copy shortlink: More than three dozen Minnesota companies owned by or connected to state and federal lawmakers received millions in federal aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the Small Business Administration. Recipients include a Duluth hockey company owned by Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber; and the Washington...