Members of a U.S. House panel on Monday debated whether some state elections laws disenfranchise certain voters, including people of color.
Our elected officials get closer to making a final deal at the Legislature.
The City Council has passed a Fair Notice ordinance to increase housing security and reduce the rate of evictions, which disproportionat ...
Minneapolis City government offices are closed Monday, May 31, 2021 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. City offices will resume ...
The city has taken little action.
Bill Rodriguez was the first speaker at the first public hearing on cutting funding to the Minneapolis Police Department.
The nearly $1 billion that U.S. Rep. Garret Graves is seeking through Congress' revamped earmarks process isn't a typo.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will be leading the prosecution against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter.
The Rev. Dr. William Barber and Democratic members of Congress unveiled a resolution Wednesday calling for a “Third Reconstruction.”
If plumbers spent as much time giving each other awards as journalists, the streets would be flooded with water spewing from unfixed pipes.
Former U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota.
The budget deal is a “numbers only” agreement, so legislators still have to develop detailed spending plans.
The U.S. House voted Wednesday 252-175 to give the go-ahead to the formation of an independent, bipartisan commission.
In other times, a “masks off” announcement might have been celebrated.
On his first day on the job as acting city manager for Brooklyn Center, Reggie Edwards knew he needed help.
My mom turned to chiropractors for everything from my sister's colic to my gymnastics-trick-gone-wrong hip injury.
The 2021 legislative session came in like a lion and went out like a lamb.
Gov. Tim Walz and top Minnesota legislative leaders on Monday announced they had reached a “numbers only” budget.
More than 150 million Americans don’t use the internet at broadband speeds. See how the Minneapolis area compares.
When Gino Fiebelkorn woke up on Thursday morning April 15, he knew that something was seriously wrong.
Masks would still be required at YMCA facilities in Minneapolis and St. Paul, two cities that have not yet lifted their mask mandates.
Sammy McDowell just wanted to be his own boss and make good food for people.
Minnesota had the country's 13th-lowest rate of hospitalization for firearm injuries from 2000 to 2016.
Minnesota is the anchor state in what political pundits often refer to as the “blue wall.”
Shannon Estenoz, was tapped by President Joe Biden to oversee management of U.S. wildlife and parks.
A federal advisory panel is recommending that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine be administered to adolescents between 12 and 15 years old.
Monday is the adjournment of the legislative session, leaving just days for lawmakers to bridge major differences in policy.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday tackled a massive voting reforms bill in committee in a heated daylong debate.
Maine officials are enticing residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine by offering free fishing or hunting licenses and L.L. Bean gift cards.
After years of accusations in Minnesota and elsewhere, a bipartisan group in the U.S. Senate wants federal regulators to investigate.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday signed off on expanding the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
Black Minnesotans of all origins are concerned about how a police stop for a minor infraction may end.
Tatyana Ali, who starred as Ashley Banks on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” from 1990 to 1996, entered Harvard the next year.
On the morning of April 25, Moorhead residents awoke to find racist, white supremacist phrases and symbols spray painted.
A 32-year-old St. Paul man has posted multiple Facebook videos of himself stealing Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines.
The mayor of Brooklyn Center is proposing a resolution that includes an emergency ban.
A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers.
Gov. Tim Walz promised more police reform after Daunte Wright was killed, but he'll have to beg and barter to get it.
The doctor told Cori Bush, who is African American, that she was fine and sent her home — and one week later, Bush went into early labor.
In our highly polarized country, there is at least one thing that public servants in red and blue states can still agree on.