Politics
As shutdown drags on, Minnesota's federal lawmakers hold to party line
Democrats back measures to reopen shuttered agencies, while Republicans back Trump's call for border wall.
At the border, Trump moves closer to emergency declaration
Taking the shutdown fight to the Mexican border, President Donald Trump edged closer Thursday to declaring a national emergency in an extraordinary end run around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall. Pressure was mounting to find an escape hatch from the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government, cutting scattered services and leaving hundreds of thousands of workers without pay.
West Metro
Minnetonka city clerk to become Minnesota's next state elections director
David Maeda helped roll out state's first electronic poll books in Minnetonka.
Local
Minn. legislator proposes ban on therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation
Democratic Rep. Hunter Cantrell of Savage is reviving the proposed ban in the state House. Gov. Tim Walz backs the proposal.
Local
Shutdown could hit Minn. advocacy groups for victims of abuse, sexual assault
Victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault could face a loss of services.
Business
Walz orders review of Commerce Department's decision to fight Enbridge pipeline project
The department had appealed state regulators' decision to approve the $2.6 billion project across northern Minnesota.
Business
Gov. Tim Walz tells business leaders he understands regulatory and tax concerns
Business leaders said they were optimistic about working with the governor, despite policy differences.
Politics
Hennepin County to relocate Southdale misdemeanor, traffic court cases elsewhere
The Edina location will close for good starting Feb. 1 as the building is slated to be razed.
Trump stalks out of shutdown talks with Dems, says 'bye-bye'
President Donald Trump walked out of his negotiating meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday — "I said bye-bye," he tweeted— as efforts to end the 19-day partial government shutdown fell into deeper disarray over his demand for billions of dollars to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Local
Federal government shutdown means delays for Minnesota house buyers, small-business owners
After the first full business week since the shutdown began, executives and entrepreneurs are starting to see more widespread effects.
Local
Health, gun violence, education top Minn. House DFL agenda
Some of the most high-profile proposals unveiled today are expected to face difficulty passing the Senate.
Local
U President Kaler seeks a nearly 7 percent hike in state funding
President Eric Kaler, in his final pitch, did not tie the increase to a tuition freeze.
Rosenstein, a frequent Trump target, will leave Justice Dept
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the most visible Justice Department protector of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and a frequent target of President Donald Trump's wrath, is expected to leave his position soon after Trump's nominee for attorney general is confirmed.
Politics
Mike Pence says Democrats 'unwilling to negotiate'
Vice President Mike Pence says Democrats were "unwilling to even negotiate" an end to the partial government shutdown and the standoff over President Donald Trump's desire for a border barrier.
Politics
Trump walks out of shutdown talks with Democrats
Top Democrats say President Donald Trump walked out of a meeting with congressional leaders as talks to end the partial government shutdown remain at an impasse.
Health, gun violence, education top House Democratic agenda
Leaders of the new Democratic Minnesota House majority unveiled their first 10 bills of the session Wednesday, including a plan to let all residents buy into the MinnnesotaCare health program for the working poor.
Politics
Trump urges wall funding to solve border 'crisis'
President Donald Trump spoke Tuesday night from the Oval Office about border security.
Politics
Fact check finds Trump's exaggerations and errors
Television pundits moved swiftly to correct or challenge President Donald Trump following Tuesday's Oval Office speech on the proposed border wall, after their networks were the target of an unusual debate over whether they should show him at all.
Politics
Democrats to Trump: 'End this shutdown now'
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump should reopen government while talks continue over the U.S.-Mexico border wall because there's "no excuse for hurting millions of Americans.
Local
Minnesota workers, businesses start to feel sting from federal government shutdown
The indefinite government shutdown is tightening its grip on federal workers, their families and local economies.
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