Politics
Ellison seeks increase in Attorney General's Office budget
The new attorney general underlies the need to raise his lawyers' salaries.
Politics
Republicans get a lift from special election
After the debilitating November election, Minnesota Republicans needed a win.
Politics
State's first first lady since 2010, Gwen Walz is taking on big role
She's aiming to be unlike any other first lady in Minnesota history, with an office in the Capitol and an ambitious policy portfolio.
Business
Tax credits proposed to spur business investments in Minnesota
Gov. Tim Walz, legislators want to reinstate the angel tax credit program.
AP sources: Prosecutors probing Enquirer after Bezos report
The National Enquirer's alleged attempt to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid's parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble and reopen them to prosecution for paying hush money to a Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald Trump.
Politics
Whitaker: 'I have not interfered' in Mueller probe
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker says he has "not interfered in any way" in the special counsel's Russia investigation. Whitaker also says he has not talked to President Donald Trump or senior White House officials about the investigation.
Trump's counselor claims woman assaulted her at restaurant
A Maryland woman faces charges that she assaulted White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in front of her teenage daughter during a confrontation last year at a restaurant in a Washington suburb.
Politics
Ex-Rep. Dingell, longest-serving lawmaker, dies
Former Michigan Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, has died. He was 92. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell says her husband died at his Dearborn home on Thursday.
Local
Walz seeks nearly $16 million for more fixes to car licensing system
Governor's $16M request includes money to handle backlog in plate, title requests.
Politics
Minnesota first lady, law enforcement leaders join push to restore felons' voting rights
An annual rally underlined support from new leadership at Capitol.
Nation
States appear ready to pass more gun control measures this year
Already this year, lawmakers in more than a dozen states have introduced at least 50 major gun control bills.
Local
Brooks: Minnesota finds picking out state symbols unbearable
Slapfights seem to break out at the Capitol every time Minnesota tries to pick an official state thing.
Politics
Trump vows to protect believers at prayer breakfast
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will always protect people of faith, as he addresses the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. Trump said at Thursday's event, "As president I will always cherish, honor and protect the believers who uplift our communities and sustain our nation."
East Metro
Minn. legislators go behind prison walls for a deeper look
The unprecedented legislative hearing at Stillwater prison comes as the Department of Corrections is reeling from the deadliest year in the agency's history.
Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia's leaders
With Virginia's top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications.
Business
Tariffs could cost Minnesota 16,100 jobs, free-trade group says
A new report said the state will lose 16,100 jobs if the trade war continues.
Local
Minn. families of nursing home patients press for right to use cameras to monitor care
A new bill strives to balance resident privacy with need to prevent maltreatment and monitor care in senior facilities.
Local
Former EPA lawyer challenges regulators on PolyMet water permit
Ex-EPA lawyer says Chicago office "suppressed" employees' PolyMet concerns.
Arizona city officials want border wall's razor wire removed
Officials in a small Arizona border city passed a resolution Wednesday night condemning the installation of new razor wire that now covers the entirety of a tall border wall through downtown.
Politics
GOP's Jason Rarick wins Minnesota Senate seat vacated by Democrat
The win expanded the GOP's narrow majority in the chamber and ended more than two decades of representation in the district by Democrats and members of the Lourey family.
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