3 More Minnesotans Charged In Connection With Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Three more Minnesotans have been arrested and charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Three more Minnesotans have been arrested and charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The state's best known progressives — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Attorney General Keith Ellison — support the plan, which would replace the police department with a new Department of Public Safety. Other top Democrats, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Gov. Tim Walz, oppose it.
David Hann won an election Saturday for the job after Jennifer Carnahan was forced out of the role in August. Hann, a former state Senate minority leader from Eden Prairie, won the final vote over businessman Jerry Dettinger.
A march in Minneapolis is part of a National Day of Action. Women and allies plan to rally for what organizers say is to protect and expand access to abortion in Minnesota.
The House and Senate on Thursday both approved a short-term government funding bill that keeps federal agencies open through early December and staves off a partial government shutdown, just hours before funding is set to expire.
Minnesota Republican lawmakers say that pandemic bonus pay should go to workers whom they say were most at risk.
Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday that $15 million more in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan will go toward helping emergency shelters in Minnesota, specifically for upgrades to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in the homeless population.
The proposed increase could mean as much as $430 increase on a $250,000 home. Property taxes make up 22% of St. Paul Public Schools' budget. Superintendent Joe Gothard told school board members the hike is needed.
A tense Eastern Carver County School Board meeting over a mask mandate Monday culminated with a physical altercation, the latest flashpoint in a bitter nationwide battle over COVID-19 policies in schools.
A few men got physical over what appeared to be a disagreement about someone taking a photo during the debate in Chaska.
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith announced Tuesday that she has become the first cosponsor to legislation that aims to expand the U.S. Supreme Court by four seats.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday blasted a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election as a "$700,000 boondoggle" and said election clerks should be "lawyered up."
The state of Minnesota is on the verge of selling off a refrigerated warehouse it bought in the early days of the pandemic as a potential backup morgue.
Three weeks after a self-imposed deadline, state lawmakers still haven't reached an agreement on the details of the $250 million for frontline worker bonuses, leaving some frustrated.
Hennepin County's former chief public defender is now running to be its top prosecutor.
