Empty storefronts fuel concern about future of Grand Avenue

A recent wave of store closings on Grand Avenue, a historic St. Paul commercial corridor, has raised questions about the street’s continued vitality.

— Leila Navidi, Star Tribune

Task force to study whether vacancies reflect normal churn, or a new normal.

As session runs out, uncertainty at Capitol despite budget deal

Republican House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt came onto the House floor Monday to talk with other Republican legislators and House Speaker Melissa Hortm

Despite a tentative compromise that funds schools, parks, public health care and other services for the next two years, the DFL-controlled House and the GOP Senate majority still had dozens of policy disagreements to work through.

Speaker asks if Democrats deserve the black vote in Mpls. speech

Candace Owens, a conservative commentator, pictured last month in Indiana, spoke at the Hilton Minneapolis on Monday.

In Mpls. speech, Candace Owens urged an exit from the Democratic Party.

DNR denies St. Francis' request to change development rules along scenic Rum River

The DNR has denied a request from the city of St. Francis to change the state’s development rules along a stretch of the Rum River designated as sce

DNR denies petition to allow denser development along protected waterway.

Xcel to extend nuclear plant, close 2 coal plants, add solar

Xcel Energy employees examine a 38-foot-deep pool that holds spent fuel rods at its Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The utility said Monday it wi

Within 11 years, Xcel says it can end coal generation in Minnesota, but it also plans to extend the life of its Monticello nuclear plant by another decade to 2040.

Ex-White House lawyer won't testify after Trump direction

Don McGahn, then the White House counsel, during a Senate hearing in Washington, Sept. 4, 2018.

The White House cited a Justice Department legal opinion that former White House counsel Don McGahn would have immunity about his work as a close Trump adviser.

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