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Minnesota Legislature set to approve public safety package with 2 major gun control measure
The Minnesota House is on track Monday to send a big public safety package to Gov. Tim Walz's desk for his signature.
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The Minnesota House is on track Monday to send a big public safety package to Gov. Tim Walz's desk for his signature.
The Minnesota House is on track Monday to send a big public safety package to Gov. Tim Walz's desk for his signature.
Leaders putting a compromise together say they are close to a deal, and they could button things up as soon as the next meeting of a panel of House and Senate lawmakers Tuesday.
Caroline Cummings has followed this bill through 30 committees, hours of testimony and debate, and now at the negotiating table between the Minnesota House and Senate.
Minnesota Democratic leaders will convene an emergency meeting Thursday evening to respond to the chaos that broke out during a convention to endorse a candidate for a Minneapolis City Council race.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday signed a $1 billion housing omnibus bill into law that aims to build more homes in Greater Minnesota and reduce homeowner disparities.
A Wisconsin judge has refused to break up a lawsuit filed against 10 fake electors for former President Donald Trump and two of his attorneys, saying the case could proceed in the county where it was filed.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seeking to weaken former President Donald Trump's grip on the Republican Party as he courts voters in battleground Iowa.
President Biden will cut his trip to Asia short so he can return to work on the debt ceiling.
In an interview airing on "CBS Mornings" Tuesday, the former president discusses the My Brother's Keeper Alliance and its new initiative to reduce gun violence.
The gun control measures are included in an $850 million public policy bill.
The gun proposals, which include background checks for private sales and a red flag law, are in the public safety bill that has already passed the Minnesota Senate.
For years, new gun control measures have been brought up at the capitol and for years the measures have gone nowhere. This year is different.
Authorities predict arrests will spike to between 12,000 and 14,000 a day.
The Minnesota Democratic Party says it will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out at a political event to nominate candidates for a Minneapolis City Council seat.
