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Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided over Gov. Tim Walz's plan to cover added security costs triggered by the impending trials of the ex-officers charged with George Floyd's death, teeing up a larger battle at the Minnesota Capitol over how the state should handle responding to civil unrest.
The number of voters initially identified as possibly having moved in Wisconsin shrunk by two-thirds before the November presidential election, and none of the people still on the list cast ballots in 2020, the state Elections Commission reported Wednesday.
Minnesota's state-run health insurance exchange said Wednesday it will open a three-month special enrollment period to help uninsured and other Minnesotans obtain coverage.
Starting Thursday, an additional 9,500 Minnesotans will be vaccinated in Ballroom A over the next three days.
Gov. Tony Evers plans to renew efforts designed to lower prescription drug costs, putting forward a proposal in his state budget that the Republican-controlled Legislature previously rejected.
The Republican legislator seeking to lead Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' racial disparities task force called the job "a political loser" but said the GOP could use the panel to make Gov. Tony Evers and his fellow Democrats look bad, a newly released email shows.
The Wisconsin Assembly plans to send the question of whether the state's mask mandate issued by Gov. Tony Evers should be repealed back to the state Senate, which could vote later this month to end the order.
Overall, Democratic candidates and outside groups spent more than $16 million in their unsuccessful attempt to retake control of the Senate from Republicans, who spent just $7.7 million defending their one-vote majority.
The Assembly delayed a vote last week amid concerns that repealing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' emergency order tied to the pandemic would result in Wisconsin losing about $50 million a month in federal money for poor people.
There is a bold effort underway to try and restore a Twin Cities neighborhood that was demolished 60 years ago.
"I know you are tied into the election fraud," the official account tweeted. "So many are looking forward to you being brought to justice!"
The statue, crafted from melted-down cannons seized from Cuba during the Spanish-American War, was affixed to the first USS Wisconsin prior to World War I.
While Gov. Tim Walz has yet to say that he's running for re-election next year, his campaign announced Tuesday that it's hiring staff and has broken fundraising records.
Minnesota House Democrats launched a push Monday to legalize recreational marijuana and automatically expunge most minor cannabis convictions, framing the issue as crucial to narrow racial disparities in the legal system.
Minneapolis Public Schools educators are coming back to schools on Monday, but some may be able to continue teaching remotely due to a court order issued Sunday.
