Dec 17, 2024 · Rep. Brad Tabke, DFL-Shakopee, could be one step closer to definitively winning his reelection bid after a Shakopee trial concluded Tuesday, and six of the 20 voters whose ballots were lost testified that they voted to reelect the Shakopee representative. At issue are the 20 missing absentee ballots cast by Shakopee residents in mid-October in […]

Dec 12, 2024 · Earlier this year, DHS Assistant Commissioner Natasha Merz told the Reformer that the growth of the autism program has been “pretty consistent” with other DHS programs, such as housing stabilization services, a new Medical Assistance benefit to help people with disabilities and seniors find and keep housing. (Some autism centers advertise both of those services.)

Nov 26, 2024 · Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, has close ties to an Idaho-based Christian nationalist church that aims to turn America into a theocracy.. Hegseth is a member of a Tennessee congregation affiliated with Christ Church, a controversial congregation in Moscow, Idaho, that has become a leader in the movement to get more Christianity in the public ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Minnesota House Republicans voted to hire three lawyers from Rep. Harry Niska’s law firm to represent the chamber in a lawsuit brought by House Democrats as the two sides battle over control of the chamber. Republican members of the House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee, currently chaired by Niska, unanimously approved a …

3 days ago · Welcome to The Topline, a weekly roundup of the big numbers driving the Minnesota news cycle, as well as the smaller ones that you might have missed. This week: Minnesota’s biggest spenders on lobbying; how our corporate tax rates stack up; billionaire political spending; quantifying executive actions; and how much taxes undocumented immigrants pay. MinnPost […]

Mar 8, 2024 · RED LAKE — In December, the State Emblems Redesign Commission, which was created by the Legislature, adopted the new Minnesota state flag.The new flag is brilliantly blue — like the sky above us and the waters around us. The color “Minnesota Blue” was chosen for the abstract shape of Minnesota as part of the new state flag.

6 days ago · Minnesota Senate Republicans unsuccessfully attempt to expel Sen. Nicole Mitchell BY: Michelle Griffith - January 27, 2025 Minnesota Senate Republicans tried to expel Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, from the chamber Monday, arguing that her felony burglary charge restricts her from adequately representing her constituents and that the nature of the allegations are unbecoming of a Minnesota ...

Dec 4, 2024 · With a multi-billion dollar deficit looming in a few years, the divided state Legislature must decide next session whether to address the imbalance immediately, or delay potential budget cuts or tax increases until 2027. That’s the prognosis of the state’s budget agency, which released a detailed forecast on Wednesday. Budget analysts project that state lawmakers […]

Nov 21, 2024 · Voters on Nov. 5 elected 22 new members of the Minnesota House, including 14 freshmen Republicans and eight new Democratic-Farmer-Labor members. The Minnesota House is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans 67-67, meaning that each new member can wield considerable influence not typically seen among freshman legislators. New members typically follow the lead of their […]

Jun 7, 2024 · A jury found five defendants guilty and two not guilty on Friday in the first trial in the nation’s largest pandemic relief fraud case. They faced a total of 41 charges — chiefly wire fraud, bribery and money laundering — alleging they claimed to give away 18.8 million meals to needy children from 50 sites across the state.