Good morning everyone,

It’s Thursday. Take a break from your pre-Thanksgiving school slog and look through what we have.

For city, protestors clash with federal agents, an annual holiday market returns and the university comments on the new Fairview Health deal. For opinion, read about the politics of food, the importance of cutting loose and the popularity of daytime programming. For A&E, read about a heart research fundraiser concert and the classic “The Skin of our Teeth” play showing at the University’s Stoll Thrust Theatre. For more, there’s more.

For life advice, never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Stay frosty,

Sam Hill | Managing Editor | [email protected]

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Inside the $1 billion deal between the University of Minnesota Physicians group and Fairview

by Sara Hussein | City Reporter | and Sam Hill | Managing Editor | Published Nov. 19, 2025

The University of Minnesota is strongly opposed to a deal announced last Wednesday between Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota doctors.

In a Nov. 12 message from the Office of the President, administrators wrote, “This would essentially transfer the responsibility for an irreplaceable public asset — the University of Minnesota Medical School — to Fairview, a private organization.”

Fairview and University of Minnesota Physicians, a University physicians group, struck a deal to continue health services and medical training at the University of Minnesota Health Center, reported the Star Tribune. University Board of Regents members and administrators strongly condemned the deal, saying the University was blocked from participating in negotiations and alleging the deal would give Fairview more control and slash medical school funding.

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