Fresh on the heels of President Donald Trump announcing a new $15 billion steel plant in Iowa, Republicans and Mesabi Metallics say Minnesota will have to reform its permitting process if it wants a larger slice of the steel manufacturing pie.

The Detroit Lakes school board voted Monday night to alter the language of a resolution banning rainbow stickers from schools. They rescinded the ban and are now considering a new policy that does not specifically mention rainbow stickers. But the board members would not state whether the intention was still to ban them.

The parents of Harper Moyski, a 10-year-old killed in the Annunciation Catholic Church and School mass shooting last year, were among advocates for gun violence prevention who joined a canvass last weekend in a competitive legislative district.

Candidates for governor Amy Klobuchar and Lisa Demuth held their first — and likely final — televised debate in Rochester on Wednesday. Questions covered fraud, taxes, healthcare, cancer treatment, gang violence and mining. Abortion came up, too.

The Justice Department is seeking to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from a pair of immigration-related cases after they made public comments about the Trump administration’s wintertime immigration enforcement operation.

The St. Paul City Council presented a plan Wednesday for how it wants the city and county to respond to the needs of unsheltered residents. It comes two and a half months after the city shut down a large encampment, causing a wave of residents to relocate to another camp in the woods.

Nearly four years after a man was fatally shot in the Nordstrom store at the Mall of America, the victim’s mother is suing the mall and the retailer.

At their first head-to-head forum, Minnesota's nominees for governor both cast themselves as capable of growing the state's economy.

And the Minneapolis City Council has asked the city attorney to look into whether council can subpoena the mayor and other officials. Progressive council members have accused Mayor Jacob Fry's administration of lacking transparency — especially after the police department admitted mismanagement and overspending.

Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.