'U' Spending $500K Daily Due To Government Shutdown Funding Loss
University of Minnesota and government officials met Tuesday to hear about how costly of an impact the shutdown has been.
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University of Minnesota and government officials met Tuesday to hear about how costly of an impact the shutdown has been.
Legislative leaders have said they expect hands-free legislation will be enacted this year, and with bipartisan support.
Hauling freight and goods coast-to-coast takes a lot of diesel fuel. But thanks to advances in autonomous technology, the trucking industry hopes to change that.
The United States Supreme Court has given the Trump administration the green light to proceed with plans to bar certain transgender people from serving in the military.
Air travelers in Minnesota are enduring some of the longest screening waits in the nation, and it's caught the attention of Rep. Ilhan Omar.
The government shutdown – the longest in U.S. history – is estimated in 31 days to have cost the American economy almost as much as the $5.7 billion President Trump has demanded for his proposed southern border wall.
"What makes us Minnesotans is about our warm and welcoming hearts."
Single-digit temperatures didn't deter the thousands of people who marched on the streets of Minnesota's capital city in the third year of the Women's March.
Tom Rukavina, the longtime Minnesota lawmaker and Iron Ranger, was laid to rest Saturday in Virginia.
The deal President Trump laid out included $800 million in immediate humanitarian aid, $805 million for improved drug detection technology at legal ports of entry, hiring 2,750 new border agents and 75 new immigration judge teams to reduce court backlogs -- all of which Democrats support. The deal also includes a new system to allow Central American minors to apply for asylum in their home countries.
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is meeting Iowa Democrats on her first foray into the early presidential testing ground, and defending her role in bringing down former Sen. Al Franken.
As day 28 of the federal shutdown comes to a close, fears of the continued strain on food shelves and federal food assistance programs grows.
The only time the State of the Union address was delayed was due to a great national tragedy.
Minnesota lawmakers got their first look this week at the emotional debate over legalizing marijuana.
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum wants to know why the federal Environmental Protection Agency opted against filing formal comments with Minnesota regulators when the state was considering whether to issue a key water pollution permit for the PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, and she is questioning whether the agency is hiding information.
