The Los Angeles radio anchor who accuses Democratic Senator Al Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour says she accepts his apology but he could have apologized earlier.
DFL Sen. Al Franken released the following statement in response to allegations that he kissed and groped Los Angeles radio broadcaster Leeann Tweeden during a USO tour in 2006.
Gov. Mark Dayton said Wednesday he would create a task force to deal with abuses in senior homes revealed in a Star Tribune series this week. "The senior care failures are really appalling," he said.
Sen. Dan Schoen is facing renewed calls to resign after an employee of the state Senate reported that he sent her an unsolicited sexually explicit photograph.
As tax overhaul speeds through Congress, campus leaders in Minnesota say it has big downsides for student debtors, research capacity, building projects.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions strongly disputed allegations that he was not truthful in earlier testimony about Trump campaign contacts with Russian officials.
Suburban swing districts south and west of the Twin Cities are drawing some of the most intense national interest, and generating some of the most excitement among Democrats hoping to flip two prize Republican seats next year.
Two former senior intelligence officials Sunday offered an extraordinary critique of President Donald Trump's mode of dealing with foreign leaders, portraying him as cowed by Russia's Vladimir Putin and too susceptible to flattery by rivals likely trying to manipulate him.
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