Early voting in Minneapolis starts Friday. Here's your guide to requesting a mail-in ballot or voting early in person.
This fall, Minneapolis residents will decide whether or not to keep their city's police department. Early voting starts Friday.
AJ Awed is one of the 17 candidates for mayor of Minneapolis in 2021.
The Hennepin County unemployment rate improved somewhat during the summer.
The United States Senator said she — like many other Americans — delayed physicals and routine examinations because of the pandemic.
The Minneapolis City Council's previous version of the ballot proposal​​ was struck down in court and deemed "unreasonable and misleading."
A Nov. 2 ballot question will ask Minneapolis voters if they want to replace their police department with a "Department of Public Safety."
A judge rejected the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus' request that fair officials allow permit holders to carry pistols on the fairgrounds.
Jennifer Carnahan resigned a week after a major GOP donor and operative was indicted on federal child sex trafficking charges.
Minnesota Republican Chair Jennifer Carnahan resigned a week after a major GOP donor was arrested and charged with sex trafficking.
Hennepin County workers who refuse to get the vaccine must comply with regular, mandatory COVID-19 testing.
Police reform and public safety are sure to be the signature issues of the 2021 Minneapolis mayoral campaign.
But national figures point to a rebound when local data for July becomes available next month.
The CDC recommends indoor public mask use for vaccinated and unvaccinated Southwest Minneapolis residents.
A new analysis found more than 6 million nationwide are behind on rent, owing a total of $23 billion.
"Getting paid $100 to keep your family safe is a pretty good deal – all you have to do is roll up your sleeves," Gov. Tim Walz said.
The mayor and city council seats are among the offices up for election this fall in Minneapolis.
Ethics complaints will be filed Monday if Rep. John Thompson does not resign,
Top Democrats Saturday called for Rep. John Thompson to resign after "reports of domestic abuse" involving him surfaced.
Key documents were destroyed after the Third Precinct building was burned down, according to a new report.
A number of key political offices are up for reelection in Minneapolis in 2021.
Rep. John Thompson, a state Democrat, said he was racially profiled during a recent traffic stop in St. Paul.
Leneal Frazier, a bystander, was killed after a police car in the middle of a pursuit crashed into his vehicle.
The unemployment rate in Hennepin County decreased recently.
"It will be a hot Fourth of July this year," the National Weather Service said.
The vote occurred on the day that Gov. Tim Walz's statewide COVID-19 peacetime emergency expires.
Carolyn Pawlenty made the statement in court before her son, Derek Chauvin, heard his sentence on a second-degree murder charge.
The court also heard victim impact statements from George Floyd's nephew and two brothers.
This is how the Southwest Minneapolis area compares to Minnesota and the nation for coronavirus vaccinations.
"Parklets are unique public gathering spaces built into the right-of way with seating, plantings and other amenities," the city said.
A change coming June 14 is a part of the city of Minneapolis' efforts to find "alternatives to police response."
Dean Phillips, a Minnesota Democrat whose suburban Minneapolis district borders Rep. Ilhan Omar's, was among those who criticized her.
Hennepin County's unemployment rate is higher than the Minnesota average.
Workers with the city of Minneapolis showed up to the site at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue Thursday morning and began clearing barricades.
Gov. Tim Walz repealed the statewide mask mandate on May 14, but local governments and private businesses can enforce their own policies.
The minimum wage increase is part of the Minneapolis city wage ordinance that passed in 2017.​
U.S. shows great variance in access and use of high-speed internet.
Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright.
In February, The New York Times published an article about a failed plea deal for Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.
"I truly believe if this was implemented prior to April 11, our son would still be with us today," said Katie Wright, Daunte's mother.