Politics
Minnesota leaders aim for fast action on infrastructure
State spending on roads, bridges and buildings hasn't kept pace with needs.
North Metro
Bill would provide Andover with $9M to tackle water contamination issues
The money would go toward connecting about 50 homes to the city's water system.
Politics
How 'extraordinary measures' can postpone a debt limit disaster
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will soon need to use accounting maneuvers to keep the United States from defaulting on its debt.
Politics
White House says no debt bargaining as McCarthy urges talks
Remarks from the two sides suggested no early willingness to engage on a challenge that's expected to come to a head as soon as June.
Nation
Feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics
The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes' abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients.
Nation
EXPLAINER: Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty
In Boston, the Justice Department is pressing judges to uphold Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence. In New York, it's asking jurors to impose the death penalty on a man who killed eight people in an attack on a bicycle path.
Politics
Walz proposes more education spending, family tax credits
Gov. Tim Walz proposal — including a new Department of Children, Youth, and Families — is a $5.2 billion piece of his two-year budget that will be fully revealed next week.
Politics
What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn't report
The Jan. 6 committee's 845-page report offered few details of social media's role in the Capitol riot. Transcripts and an unreleased memo shows the committee knew more.
Politics
Gov. Tim Walz to debut spending plan for children, education
The governor has said he wants to end child poverty.
Local
Review frees Minnesota man imprisoned nearly 25 years
Thomas Rhodes was convicted of murdering his wife, but conviction review investigators say inaccurate testimony and withheld evidence wrongfully put him behind bars.
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Special counsel appointed to probe Biden docs
Attorney General Merrick Garland said he has appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified marking. Lawyers for President Joe Biden found more classified documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, than previously known, the White House acknowledged Saturday. Read more here.
Politics
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith will recruit, campaign for Democratic Senate candidates across country
Smith will serve as vice chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee through 2024.
Politics
Democrats propose stripping abortion restrictions from Minnesota lawbooks
The proposal is part of a quick-moving agenda from the party in the wake of Roe's reversal.
Politics
Heated speaker contest shows high stakes of Rep. Tom Emmer's U.S. House leadership role
The Minnesotan is now the majority whip, the third highest-ranking Republican in the U.S. House.
Politics
Supporters push to revive tax credit for historic buildings
Minnesota's Historic Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit expired in June after negotiations blew up on a historic $4 billion tax bill.
Politics
House GOP preps emergency plan for breaching debt limit
The plan was part of the private deal to resolve the standoff between House conservatives and Rep. Kevin McCarthy over the election of House speaker.
Minneapolis
Judge rejects personal plea from Anton Lazzaro to reconsider child sex trafficking case against him
Anton Lazzaro sent a letter to Judge Patrick Schiltz's chambers.
Local
Homeland Security extends Temporary Protected Status for Somalia
The program offers an additional 18 months in the United States.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis weighs new rights for Uber and Lyft drivers
Two parallel City Council efforts are looking into how to protect wages and benefits for ride-share workers
Variety
Yuen: Parents, it's time to safely put away the gummies
After Minnesota legalized hemp-derived products containing THC last summer, the number of cases of kids ingesting cannabis is way up.
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Minnesota Politics
Latest politics news from the Twin Cities, Minnesota and Washington, D.C., including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota Legislature, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter.
