Business
Best Buy says expanded tariffs would cost consumers
Company official says that added costs will be passed on immediately to the customer.
Politics
Walz to undergo knee surgery; Flanagan to briefly assume top job
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan will temporarily assume the governor's role.
Politics
Trump supporters set up camp ahead of speech
Dozens of Trump supporters traveling from near and far line the streets outside an Orlando arena, camping out ahead of the President's speech Tuesday.
Politics
Buttigieg back in South Bend after police shooting
Authorities say a man has died after a shooting involving a police officer in South Bend, the Indiana city where Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is mayor.
Politics
Keith Ellison zeroes in on hate crimes
Law enforcement partnerships are seen as key to deterring acts based on bias.
Local
Minnesota poll puts Klobuchar in fourth place
She pulled 16% of support among respondents in a June 8-12 survey.
Politics
Lopsided grants on Iron Range spark questions of favoritism
The program intended to foster economic growth on the Iron Range has given more money per capita in the past five years for projects in influential state Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk's district than any other — by about one-third, according to a review of public records.
Politics
Have Minnesota's members of Congress read the Mueller report?
The Star Tribune asked the 10 members of Minnesota's congressional delegation if they have read the special counsel's Russia report and what they think about it. Here's what they said.
Minneapolis
Walz hails solitary confinement reforms as pushing state's prisons into the modern era
Governor calls changes a bipartisan success.
Politics
Walz will not release his daily calendar, despite promise to do so
Governor's office refuses to make schedule public.
New documents show EPA staffers critical of permit approval for PolyMet mine
Documents that the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to keep confidential show that its staffers criticized how Minnesota regulators drafted a key permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine, and concluded that the permit would violate federal law because it lacked pollution limits based on the state's water quality standards.
Trump says he won't fire Conway over Hatch Act violations
President Donald Trump says he won't fire White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal watchdog agency recommended her removal for repeatedly violating a law that limits political activity by government workers.
Local
State Supreme Court decision expands rights for tenants facing retaliation, lawyers say
Decision says he had right to challenge his eviction.
Local
June 12: Walz says he's open to special session on insulin prices
After a bipartisan bill failed during the session, the governor said drug manufacturers need to be part of the solution to address insulin prices. "The clear issue here … is that the manufacturers don't want to pay," he said
Local
Justice David Lillehaug to step down next year due to illness
In a statement released Wednesday morning, Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Lillehaug, 65, said he had intended to seek re-election in 2020 but is coping with Parkinson's disease.
House panel votes to hold top US officials in contempt
A House committee voted Wednesday to hold two top Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas for documents related to a decision adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
East Metro
Mediator reaches out to cities before politics become toxic
The League of Minnesota Cities aims to share best practices in governance and conflict resolution, which can reduce insurance claims made against cities.
Confusion abounds as Trump's July 4 plans remain a mystery
With three weeks to go, exactly what's going to happen in Washington on the Fourth of July remains a subject of intense confusion because of President Donald Trump plans to reshape the nation's premier celebration.
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