Wis. Senate Passes Planned Parenthood Funding Cut
Wisconsin Republicans took another step Wednesday in their push to defund Planned Parenthood, with the state Senate passing two bills that would cost the organization millions of dollars every year.
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Wisconsin Republicans took another step Wednesday in their push to defund Planned Parenthood, with the state Senate passing two bills that would cost the organization millions of dollars every year.
If the Republican Party is on the verge of an implosion, Sarah Palin may have been the one who lit the fuse. Palin's complicated relationship with GOP leaders over the past eight years is a microcosm of the party's broader struggles with its most restive members. What started with an embrace by party leaders evolved into wary tolerance, followed by a potentially irreparable split.
An appeals court has upheld the conviction of an Ozaukee County mother who sat by while her husband sexually assaulted her 12-year-old daughter.
A former professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead has filed a lawsuit alleging she was discriminating against when applying for a new position at the school.
The White Earth Tribal Council has accepted the resignation of its embattled chairwoman.
The teenager who made a plea deal after being charged with plotting to kill his family and set off explosives at his school may end up returning home. According to reports at the CBS affiliate in Mankato, a review hearing was held this week in Waseca County for John LaDue.
From serious allegations levied against Vladimir Putin to the booming Twin Cities housing market, here are the four stories to know for Thursday, Jan. 21.
An air pollution health advisory is in effect for central and southern Minnesota. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says a combination of low clouds, fog and light southeasterly to easterly winds are combining Thursday to cause fine particle pollution to approach a level considered unhealthy.
Authorities say three people in a car were killed when it collided with a semitrailer in northeast Iowa's Chickasaw County. The accident was reported about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, about two miles south of New Hampton on U.S. Highway 63.
Two teenagers are dead after a head-on crash in Hubbard County Wednesday night, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Authorities responded to the crash on Highway 71 at about 6:23 p.m.
Edina High School is one of three across the country selected to run pilot productions of "Peter and the Starcatcher." That's a prequel to "Peter Pan." Their show debuts Thursday night after months of rehearsals.
On Tuesday, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder apologized for the water crisis in Flint. So far, at least 100 children have been found with high lead levels in their blood after drinking the contaminated city water. So, how does lead get into our water? Good Question.
At one point, the Dow plunged more than 500 points Wednesday before bouncing back to close off by nearly 250. Plummeting oil prices and China's economic slowdown are dragging the markets down.
The former second-in-command of a Minnesota sheriff's department says he was forced to resign for questioning his boss. He says he had concerns when Chisago County Sheriff Rick Duncan hired his son as a deputy.
The clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said in a statement Wednesday that the 80-year-old Tibetan Buddhist leader is being treated for a prostate condition "that is common for men of his age."
