Sen. Tom Bakk To Retire At End Of Year: 'Time For Me To Pass The Torch'
Minnesota Sen. Tom Bakk will be retiring at the end of the year and won't seek reelection.
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Minnesota Sen. Tom Bakk will be retiring at the end of the year and won't seek reelection.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan announced on Thursday that the state's revised budget proposal will include direct payments of $500 for single tax filers and $1,000 for married couples.
Gun safety advocates returned to the capitol in-person on Wednesday for the first time since the pandemic began two years ago to urge the Minnesota Legislature to expand background checks for all gun sales and approve "red flag" laws.
Republicans comments were muted, but most Democrats are giving President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enthusiastic support.
"We don't have the ability to unilaterally overturn the election," Vos said of 2020, repeating his long-held position. "It can't happen."
A 26-year-old Minneapolis man faces charges accusing him of ramming multiple police squad vehicles with a stolen vehicle in St. Louis Park Sunday.
The Minneapolis Ethical Practices Board has dismissed ethics complaints filed against Mayor Jacob Frey in connection to his handling of the Amir Locke fatal shooting, the mayor's office announced Wednesday.
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell, who has been with the department since 1989, is retiring from the force in June. He opened up about where things stand and what brought him to this point and one of the biggest challenges the next chief will have to face.
A Detroit Lakes man faces charges for allegedly assaulting a referee during a high school basketball game.
The bill, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Zack Stephenson, of Coon Rapids, would allow in-person sports wagering at casinos and authorizes tribes to issue licenses to mobile gaming operators.
focus first and foremost on hiring the heart, the heart of the guardian. A person who wants to become a police officer has to show me as the chief that they have the heart of a guardian, first and foremost ... and not the mentality of wanting to be a warrior all the time," Chief Axtell said.
Billing herself as a "trusted conservative" and "Trump Republican," former Minnesota GOP party chair Jennifer Carnahan announced Monday she will run in the special election for the House seat vacated by her late husband's death.
The Minnesota Senate voted unanimously Monday to approve an audit of a more than $2 billion light rail line that's been marred by delays and huge cost overruns since the transit project broke ground in 2019.
A divided Minnesota Legislature is still at odds over a proposal to replenish the state's unemployment trust fund, which means businesses in the state are poised to see higher tax bills come Tuesday, a deadline set by the state agency handling payroll taxes that support jobless claims.
With the war in Ukraine escalating, gas prices are only expected to continue rising. The crisis is generating some specific proposals to help consumers.
