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A two-week supply of insulin for diabetic Quinn Nystrom can cost anywhere from $300 to $400 per vial.
State finance officials say federal tax cuts this year helped spark a burst of economic activity.
Only a fraction of a $12 billion federal bailout program to help farmers hurt by trade tariffs has made it to Minnesota. The United States Department of Agriculture reports it has disbursed $1.4 billion in emergency farm aid so far through November 26--- out of the total $12 billion it promised.
Republican lawmakers in Madison are racing against the clock at the State Capitol.
WCCO-TV's Pat Kessler examined a new report on climate change in Wednesday night's edition of "Reality Check" -- and it is a topic that has a lot of people talking. President Donald Trump says he doesn't believe the report, but can 300 scientists and 13 federal agencies all be wrong? This topic is really striking a chord with just about everyone; one of the rare topics that affects literally everyone in Minnesota.
The National Climate Assessment predicts devastating consequences if nothing is done about climate change. Minnesota's headline: "Much Hotter Summers, Much Warmer Winters." The assessment predicts a future Minnesota that doesn't look familiar.
More than 3.3 million Minnesota voters cast ballots in 2018. That's a 64.3 percent turnout -- the highest in the nation for the second election in a row. "The only thing tougher than getting to No. 1 is staying No. 1," Secretary of State Steve Simon said. "We knew the pressure was on, and Minnesota really came through."
The man who allegedly crashed his SUV into the front gate of the governor's residence has been identified and charged.
The death toll from the California wildfires now tops 80, and hundreds more are still missing. President Donald Trump blames state officials for not doing enough to prevent the fires. But is that true? And what is the plan to protect the woods in Minnesota?
Construction could begin this winter on the new Southwest Light Rail Line, after a key federal agency gave the go-ahead for the project, ranking among the most expensive public works projects in state history.
Minnesota's mid-term election is behind us, and we are now getting a much clearer picture of what happened.Based on new maps and state election data, Women, minorities and anti-President Donald Trump voters held the key to the election. Democrat Tim Walz easily won the Minnesota governor's race. But for many voters, the election was also about Trump. The president campaigned in Minnesota twice, and it helped -- a little.
He visited the state Capitol Thursday with Lt. Gov.-elect Peggy Flanagan and his wife, Gwen Walz, to open a transition office.
Minnesota's turbulent 2018 midterm election is finally over, and it brought some surprises. For many months, polls projected possible winners and losers. So how accurate were they?
Democrat Tina Smith and Republican Karin Housley faced off for the last time before the election on Tuesday.
With less than a week until the election, Republicans and Democrats are making closing arguments on the airwaves. But many of the campaign commercials are misleading.
President Donald Trump's surprise announcement to prepare an executive order to end "birthright citizenship" in the United States came in an interview with the online news site Axios.
It's an election campaign that's turned into a political brawl.
Minnesota is on pace for record political spending this year, already exceeding 2014's midterm election money. A new report from the University of Minnesota says most of the money spent on election campaigns this year may be for negative ads.
Voters could elect the state's first Republican in half a century. Television ads making it among the most polarizing elections of the year.
There's an eye-catching new political campaign ad from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Karin Housley.
Outside groups from Washington spent more than $28 million inside Minnesota so far.
Three weeks before the election, Minnesota Republicans are warning that dangerous criminals will come to the state if Democrats win the election. It is part of a TV ad campaign from an outside group called Freedom Club, linking Democrats to illegal immigration and sanctuary cites.
Randy Johnson was on the Hennepin County Board for more than 40 years and a Republican party leader for more than 50 years, but now, he says he doesn't recognize his party.
Rep. Sarah Anderson was heading out for a day of campaigning Sunday when she saw a man damaging campaign signs near her Plymouth home.
Minnesota Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen is standing by a campaign ad attacking one of Minnesota's largest health systems. Paulsen claims Allina Health Care ignored sexual harassment allegations when his Democratic opponent Dean Phillips served on the Board of Directors. It is a claim Phillips calls "a lie."
