Politics
Attorney General Lori Swanson continues to wait — at what cost?
For months observers have waited for her to announce a run for governor.
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Minnesota employers step up after end to deportation reprieve
As employers decry the announcement that the government would wind down Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Salvadorans, one metro company is going to bat for four workers.
TV & Media
January: MPR's Tom Weber reassigned because of romantic relationship with Rep. Peggy Flanagan
The state representative and candidate disclosed their involvement on her Facebook account.
Business
Congress puts caregiving on the national agenda
The bipartisan RAISE Family Caregivers Act calls for a strategy to support family caregivers as the population ages.
Politics
Constituent sues Lt. Gov. Fischbach, says she must give up Senate seat
Sauk Rapids resident Destiny Dusosky sued Fischbach on Friday, arguing she can't be both lieutenant governor and a state senator.
Business
Dayton lauds minority hiring and contracting after critical 2016 audit
The Dayton administration, after a critical 2016 audit, points to gains in minority contracting and employment by state government.
Nursing homes swamped Florida governor's phone after Irma
As Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida, Gov. Rick Scott gave out his cellphone number during a conference call with administrators of the state's nursing homes and assisted living facilities. He told them to contact him if they ran into problems, and he would try to get help.
Politics
Trump immigration statement draws angry response
In bluntly vulgar language, President Donald Trump questioned Thursday why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and "shithole countries" in Africa rather than places like Norway, as he rejected a bipartisan immigration deal, according to people briefed on the extraordinary Oval Office conversation.
Local
Minnesota task force says $35.7 million needed annually to expand broadband
About 252,000 homes have insufficient access.
Missouri governor admits having affair but denies blackmail
When Eric Greitens sought Missouri's highest office in 2016, his resume seemed hard to top: former Navy SEAL, former Rhodes scholar and founder of a veterans' charity. Most important, he said during the campaign, was his role as "a proud husband and father."
House OKs spy program after Trump tweets spark confusion
President Donald Trump's puzzling tweets about a key U.S. spying law threw the House into temporary disarray Thursday, but lawmakers ended up renewing the law — with a new restriction on when the FBI can dig into the communications of Americans swept up in foreign surveillance.
Local
Don Moe, legislator with passion for reform, dies at 75
He also brought into politics his younger brother Roger, the long-serving Senate majority leader who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2002.
Business
Minnesotans could face big state tax hikes after fed changes
Minnesota is one of a few states that base state taxes on an income figure plucked from the federal filing called "federal taxable income."
Business
Health plan shoppers now in buying mode as MNsure closes in on deadline
The health exchange is extending hours during the final four days of open enrollment.
Business
Medical device companies brace for return of Affordable Care Act tax
Unless Congress acts, the ACA measure will return this month after a reprieve.
Local
Minnesota overhaul of school assessments gets federal thumbs-up
It's part of the shift from No Child Left Behind to Every Student Succeeds.
Trump open to US-NKorea talks 'under right circumstances'
President Donald Trump threw his weight behind the Olympics-inspired diplomatic opening with North Korea, telling South Korea's leader Wednesday that the U.S. was open to talks with Kim Jong Un's government under the right circumstances.
Trump says administration taking look at current libel laws
President Donald Trump said he's going to be taking "a strong look at our country's libel laws," blasting the current standards as "a sham and a disgrace."
Author of Trump dossier had concerns about Russian blackmail
The former British spy who compiled a dossier of allegations about Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia brought the document to the FBI in July 2016 because he was worried about "whether a political candidate was being blackmailed," according to a congressional interview transcript released Tuesday.
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