Politics
Walz names Lutheran Social Service president to head DHS
Monday's announcement ends a period of turmoil in the top ranks of the agency, which serves more than 1 million Minnesotans with the help of roughly 7,300 workers.
Duluth
Walz presses Glencore execs on PolyMet's financing, labor plans
Governor wants financial protections, union jobs.
Politics
2020 hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren to campaign in St. Paul next week
Candidate plans town hall at Macalester on Monday.
Local
'They seem like no-bid contracts': DFLers expose policy rift over state job-training funds
Direct funding of nonprofits calls DEED's opportunity-gap results into question.
Duluth
Former state Rep. Joe Begich, a spirited Iron Range defender, dies
The former mayor of Eveleth was 89.
Local
Carnage raises scrutiny of popular, widely available rifles
Since a federal ban on assault weapons expired in 2004 after a decade in force, the nation has become awash in the guns, with up to 20 million circulating.
Local
Rural Minnesota gun owners split on need to 'try something'
In this lakes region with a strong tradition of hunting and fishing, longtime gun-rights advocates are grappling with a response to latest shootings.
Politics
Minnesota State Capitol becomes more accessible to those with disabilities
Gov. Tim Walz celebrated the new ramps during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday.
Politics
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Republicans again hopeful in the Seventh, but Collin Peterson won't be easy to vanquish
The trend line doesn't look good for the sometimes cantankerous but often amusing chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Politics
LGBTQ candidate training in Mpls. aims for repeat of 'rainbow wave'
The goal of the boot camp is to build on recent gains for representation in politics. And 2018 was a record year for out candidates running and winning.
Oil unease: Alaska faces tough budget decisions
Daniel Bowen came to Alaska in 2011, looking for adventure and opportunity. He and his wife eventually settled on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, a salmon fishing haven calling itself "Alaska's Playground."
Trump says he wants background checks, also reassures NRA
President Donald Trump said Friday he believes he has influence to rally Republicans around stronger federal background check laws as Congress and the White House work on a response to last weekend's mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.
Duluth
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Broad group of Minnesota lawmakers voices support for PolyMet
In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz, the bipartisan group says opponents are making a last-ditch effort to block the copper-nickel mine.
Minneapolis
Mpls. Council unanimously OKs ordinance to curb wage theft
The city's new ordinance complements a state law considered one of the strictest in nation.
Local
Minnesota selects vendor to replace car licensing system
The state will pay nearly $34 million to replace the MNLARS licensing and registration system.
Business
Retired Teamsters wait for Congress to act on wobbly pension fund
The U.S. House passed a bill to prop up the failing fund. Now it's in the Senate's hands.
Politics
Walz calls GOP Senate 'island of resistance' in gun debate
The governor echoed the statements later as hundreds rallied at the State Capitol in a rally against gun violence.
St. Paul
St. Paul leaders look to Legislature to save its crumbling streets
Council members said they need long-term plan for street maintenance.
Politics
Klobuchar launches Iowa swing with rural revitalization proposal
The initiative is intended to help bridge America's urban-rural divide, the senator said.
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