On Tuesday, Governor Tim Walz held a ceremonial bill signing to celebrate the passage of a new law aimed at cracking down on catalytic converter thefts in the State of Minnesota.
While the bill creates regulations and provisions for new businesses and dispensaries, the existing “hemp-derived THC” industry could suffer if steps aren’t taken to protect their products.
Tribal Leaders from around the state convened on the House floor Monday. March 13 to educate and explain the importance of protecting tribal communities and their sovereignty.
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bonding package that would set aside roughly 1.9 billion dollars for projects around the state. Both bills required a supermajority to pass, and now go on to the Minnesota Senate.
On Dec. 21, Governor Tim Walz appointed Rukavina, who was born and raised on the Iron Range, to lead the agency and she officially started the role on Jan. 2.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld state laws that prohibit people with felony convictions from voting until they finish their parole, and put the burden on the Legislature to decide whether voting rights should be restored when people leave prison.
The Hennepin County jury deliberated less than two hours before convicting 29-year-old Julissa Thaler of first-degree murder on Wednesday in the killing of Eli Hart, just 10 days after she regained custody of him.
Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan announced the next phase of their 2023 budget plan Monday, highlighting proposed investments into health, housing and public safety.
A bill that would fund the Northern Lights Express, a proposed passenger railway between Duluth and the Twin Cities, is once again on its way through the Minnesota legislature.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The former Minneapolis police officer who held down George Floyd’s back as one of his colleagues kneeled on the Black man’s neck has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
The contract language doesn’t specifically say that white teachers would be laid off ahead of teachers of color, though critics say that’s what the effect would be.
The Minnesota National Guard honored their Outstanding Airmen of 2021 and 2022 Wednesday in a ceremony held at the Veterans Service Building in St. Paul.
Officials says police in Minneapolis fatally shot a man, ending an hourslong standoff at an apartment complex that began with a shooting before officers arrived.
From the classic fried foods and Sweet Martha’s Cookies to pickles on a pizza and new vegan options, this year’s Minnesota State Fair food lineup is epic!
Police say three children whose bodies were found in a suburban Minneapolis lake over the holiday weekend died in drownings that were classified as homicides, and their mother died of a drowning that was suicide.
A federal judge will this week sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for federal civil rights violations in the killing of George Floyd.
The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has released its temporary poultry exhibition ban, beginning today. The ban previously included all poultry events where live poultry and susceptible birds were brought together and then dispersed.
Several buildings on the University of Minnesota campus are being evacuated due to an explosion and fire at a residence believed to be caused by a natural gas leak.
The Renville County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of two people in two separate incidents that happened Sunday, June 19 on the Minnesota River.