- Minnesota students’ standardized test scores continue to stagnate
- Full report reveals St. Paul mayor’s unwanted touching, sexual meme and multiple policy violations
- Renee Good’s family sues US, ICE officers over fatal shooting
- EXCLUSIVE: GOP Senate candidate Michele Tafoya calls for Iran War to end ‘quickly and strategically’
- ‘Win for Minnesota’: Mayor celebrates victory in battle for paper voter rosters and election integrity
- 10-year cost of democratic socialist policies could hit $350,000 per household, White House says
- Frey vetoes Minneapolis ordinance that would have required human drivers in driverless vehicles
- Eric Pratt’s congressional campaign staffer resigns over white nationalist social media posts
- Demuth proposes teacher performance pay, wants changes to free school meals
- Minnesota doesn’t need Washington’s permission to feed its students well
- Frustrations, remorse and pain surface on 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks
- Trump plan to limit mail voting hinders Democrats more than GOP, analysis finds
- Minnesota Truth Council concludes public testimony on Operation Metro Surge
- Congress returns to session before midterms sprint, but no action expected on AI fears
- Unionized hospital doctors reach deal with Allina Health after historic 4-day strike
- States, cities sue Trump administration over new green card restrictions
- Trump EPA to strip greenhouse gas limits for power plants, a key Biden climate policy
- US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
- Police surveillance technology requires rules and public oversight, not just trust
- 2,300 immigrants arrested in Operation Metro Surge were deported or left country
- Iran war cost tops $40B and billions more monthly, budget analysis finds
- FBI’s Patel dodges questions on election interference at rambunctious US Senate hearing
- Minnesota recreational cannabis sales hit $150M one year in
- The public health insurance option isn’t the great choice you think it is
- Poll finds voters favor US Senate candidates with plan for averting Social Security cut
- Minneapolis looks to close as many as 16 schools amid declining enrollment
- US House leaves for campaign break without action on AI, affordability
- Fed raises interest rates for first time in 3 years, battling persistent inflation
- More GOP lawmakers break with Trump on Iran as gas prices keep climbing
- Trump admin aims to shift homelessness grants toward addiction treatment, enforcement
- Billionaire Glen Taylor’s right-hand man is a political player supporting Lisa Demuth for governor
- Don’t condescend to red state neighbors
- Ohio Chamber sues UnitedHealth, accusing it of deceit, misinformation
- White House yanks nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Faith leaders gather at Capitol, pledge protection of free, fair election
- Report: Federal judge says rule of law was threatened during Operation Metro Surge
- ICE agent in Jan. 14 Minneapolis shooting makes first appearance in Minnesota state court
- A forward-thinking Agriculture secretary gifted us a wonder 100 years ago
- With vote-by-mail court fight settled, attention shifts to protections at the polls
- ICE agent Christian Castro released from Minnesota state custody, pleads not guilty in federal court
- Trump administration faces second lawsuit to block ICE agents at polls
- Minneapolis downtown: lotta talk, little action
- Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species
- CNN, MS Now, Politico sue Trump over White House ban
- Diesel prices shoot upward as top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for export embargo
- Election officials played key role in Supreme Court mail ballot decision
- Legal Immigrants Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Trump’s Bill
- Q&A: Why schools have more money, but teachers aren’t making more
- Takeaways from former Gov. Mark Dayton’s book stop in Northfield
- The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the way
- ‘Drive them into hell’: Trump ponders destruction of Iran at United Nations
- GOP’s ‘rubberstamp’ of Trump puts US Senate in play, Dem campaign chair says
- Families of people killed by ICE say feds have slandered the victims
- Minneapolis needs a stronger rental housing vacancy fee
- A push to cut SNAP error rates could threaten food benefits
- Demuth-affiliated political action committee receives $10 million infusion
- Federal judge orders White House must restore press passes to 3 banned news outlets
- Ex-legislator Eichorn gets 16 months in prison in underage solicitation case
- Food safety becomes election issue as major outbreaks, recalls cause concern
- Trump’s Mass Detention Machine in Pennsylvania
- Amnesty International calls for abolition of ICE for the first time in new report
- FDA nominee faces skepticism on vaccines from Republican senators at confirmation hearing
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to permit quick third-country deportations
- A GOP power player and lobbyist is a key advisor to House Speaker Lisa Demuth
- Don Jr.’s Star Turn Is Coming
- Walz administration wants to rethink standardized tests
- Minnesota’s school meals program should make room for kids with plant-based diets
- Venezuelan men shipped to brutal prison under Alien Enemies Act ask court for due process
- Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more
- Governors pledge to oppose federal overreach — even when their party runs Washington
- Minnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest
- Klobuchar’s knowledge of Midwest college sports comes in handy during hearing
- Trump used impossible foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say
- Report: Minnesota’s home insurance rate rose more than any other state in first half of 2026
- Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find
- Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near
- Xcel’s faulty billing has residents, businesses and cities fired up
- DOJ files judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota
- Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud
- Bill to limit stock trading in Congress is blocked by Senate Democrats
- A handful of cooperatives control the US milk market
- Family of Renee Good sues US government and Trump officials over her death
- Hennepin County sheriff drops undercover classification for some task force deputies
- Prosecutors Cannot Revive Reflecting Pool Case Against Ex-Olympian, Judge Rules
- September Jobs Report Likely to Show Steady Labor Market, But With Inflation
- Schiltz: ‘I did not violate any ethics rules’
- At AG debate, Republican Ron Schutz commits to putting stocks in blind trust
- Trump’s campaign against noncitizen voting demonstrates it’s rare and not enough to swing elections
- How Lisa Demuth ‘floated to the top’ to lead Minnesota Republicans
- Political debates matter if we treat them as more than theater
- After 74 investigation, Minnesota senators seek law regulating autism therapy
- D.C. Memo: Reining in college sports ‘chaos’
- While Minneapolis debates 2027 budget, it should ask what each public dollar leaves behind
- Somali former aide to Minneapolis mayor sentenced in Feeding Our Future fraud case
- Fraud case against ex-Minneapolis communications chief on path to dismissal
- Blue state councilman mocked after claiming self-driving cars are 'murdering' pets: 'Hide your cats'
- St. Paul mayor inquiry found no sexual harassment. Its reasoning is unclear.
- Demuth and Tafoya would make history, but race and gender aren’t their pitch
- A $28B hemp THC industry is fighting to save itself from a looming federal ban
- Minneapolis students wait for placement— even as district debates closing schools
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