State Sen. Ann Rest will retire after 41 years in Minnesota Legislature
Rest, a Democrat who represents the northwestern suburbs of Minneapolis, said she promised her family in 2022 this term would be her last.
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Rest, a Democrat who represents the northwestern suburbs of Minneapolis, said she promised her family in 2022 this term would be her last.
A senate working group in Minnesota heard emotional testimony on Monday from parents whose children survived the Annunciation mass shooting in Minneapolis. WCCO’s Caroline Cummings was at the meeting.
Some Minnesotans headed to the polls Tuesday to decide who will be on the ballot for two open state Senate seats.
Republican Minnesota state Sen. Jeremy Miller announced Monday he will not be running in next year's election.
Republican Minnesota state Sen. Jeremy Miller announced Monday he will not be running in next year's election.
The man charged with killing Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, pleaded not guilty during his federal arraignment hearing on Thursday morning in Minneapolis.
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher blasted state capitol security for not quickly sending a mass alert to Minnesota lawmakers the night two of their colleagues and their spouses were shot in their homes in the politically motivated attack this summer, calling the move a "safety failure."
Minnesota voters will decide which party wins control of the state Senate this fall.
Special elections will be held on the same day to fill the two seats vacated in the Minnesota Senate by Bruce Anderson and Nicole Mitchell.
Minnesota lawmakers will come together on Monday to celebrate the life of Republican state Sen. Bruce Anderson, who died unexpectedly one week ago at age 75.
Capitol security found a man inside the Minnesota Senate chamber late Friday night after the building was closed to the public, the Minnesota State Patrol said Saturday.
Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell says she's resigned from office one week after she was found guilty on both charges in her burglary trial.
Mitchell announced her resignation in a Facebook post on Friday afternoon.
In the wake of the lawmaker attacks, the Minnesota Legislature will pick up the cost of increasing home security for its members. Caroline Cummings explains.
A guilty verdict for one state senator and the sudden death of another could reshape who's in charge in the Minnesota Senate.
A guilty verdict for one state senator and the sudden death of another could reshape who's in charge at the Minnesota State Capitol. As WCCO's Caroline Cummings reports, that means control of the closely divided Senate is back up for grabs.
A survivor of the Minnesota lawmaker attacks is speaking out in his first interview since the shootings that shocked the country.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell to resign after a jury on Friday found her guilty on both charges in her burglary trial.
The jury needed three hours of deliberation to reach the verdict following the fourth day of testimony. Nicole Mitchell was convicted of felony first-degree burglary and possession of burglary or theft tools for breaking into her stepmother's Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, home on April 22, 2024.
The burglary trial of Democratic Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell enters its third day of testimony on Thursday and the case could soon be presented to the jury.
Minnesota Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, who is accused of burglarizing her stepmother's Detroit Lakes home, has taken the stand on the third day of testimony.
Sen. Nicole Mitchell is facing charges of felony first-degree burglary and possession of burglary or theft tools for the alleged break-in on April 22, 2024.
It's a high-stakes trial that could ultimately determine the balance of power in the Minnesota Senate.
Yvette Hoffman, who is recovering at home after being shot eight times by a gunman five days earlier, is known for her warm hugs and gentle patience to a room full of kindergarteners at Maple Grove's Fernbrook Elementary.
Recently unsealed court documents shed more light on the mindset and actions of the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.
