After a bumper crop of new sales taxes approved in 2023, legislators look at limits

Legislators could rein in what kinds of projects can be paid for with sales taxes in the future.

Hennepin County paid $240K to settle former Sheriff Hutchinson's workers' comp claim

More than $47K from the settlement went to pay off county vehicle and guardrail destroyed in drunken driving crash.

Newspaper boxes repurposed as 'Save a Life' naloxone dispensaries

Jim Barrett and Andrew Kamin-Lyndgaard of Minneapolis created Little Free Libraries for naloxone and fentanyl testing strips as part of a growing effort to expand access to the overdose-reversing medicine.

Andover High School teacher leads effort for more understandable driver's tests

Amna Kiran took notice and pushed to change Minnesota law after a student failed multiple times in 2019.

Rep. Omar's daughter arrested, suspended from college for pro-Palestinian protests

Rep. Omar had questioned Columbia University's president about campus protests a day earlier.




Back to blue: Lake Harriet Band Shell renovation almost finished

30 days in jail for ex-school choir director in northwestern Minnesota who sexually assaulted girl
Hopkins parents charged in 9-year-old daughter's asthma death
Four Minnesotans catch salmonella in outbreak linked to basil sold at Trader Joe's

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Wild fall to Kraken in final game: 'Disappointing. Just like our season.'

Edwards cooks up the chemistry that keeps Wolves positive
Columnist's behavior marred Caitlin Clark's news conference
Former Hopkins basketball star transferring from Michigan to U

Conservative lawmakers lead objections to Vista's deal to sell Federal ammunition to Czech firm

Burnsville woman's sinus surgery went great — until she got the $32,449 medical bill
Cargill to sell group of grain elevators to CHS Inc.
Ramstad: Misinterpreting data led me to the wrong conclusion about Minnesota retirees


For this Minnesota legislator, action targeting child abuse is intensely personal

Be a major player in film and TV game
Editorial cartoon: U.S. House multi-step plan
Readers Write: Lake sturgeon, foreign policy, eclipses


9 reasons you won't recognize Las Vegas on your next trip

Female inductee in Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame is flying high
Brides trade boozy parties for wellness retreats
Review: Our critic and a 13-year-old Swiftie discuss Taylor Swift's new album

Lessons from the semiannual closet purge

No one is sentimental about socks.

Help wanted: Rule the world

These are hard times for secret societies, it seems.

Scoggins: Finch feeling heat of the Suns as playoff battle looms

Can coach Chris Finch figure this out? Phoenix has owned the Wolves this season, and now he has two more days to fix that before Game 1.

Ramstad: Misinterpreting data led me to the wrong conclusion about Minnesota retirees

My misreading undermined and distracted from my main point about fewer working-age Minnesotans.



Former Gov. Jesse Ventura boasts he could beat unpopular Trump or Biden if he ran for president

After a bumper crop of new sales taxes approved in 2023, legislators look at limits
Conservative lawmakers lead objections to Vista's deal to sell Federal ammunition to Czech firm
Minnesota plan to close state addiction treatment facilities faces pushback

EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup

Jury selection could be nearing a close in Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York
Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve
Rep. Omar's daughter arrested, suspended from college for pro-Palestinian protests

Iran fires at apparent Israeli attack drones near Isfahan air base and nuclear site

Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria
Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber as Moscow's missiles kill 8 Ukrainians
Israel gave US last-minute warning about drone attack on Iran, Italian foreign minister says at G7

Why do so many Minnesota homeowners get free roofs after a hailstorm?

What are the financial pros and cons of retiring in Minnesota?
Introducing the Curious Minnesota Collection. Every question we've answered — now in one place
How did Faribault become home to Minnesota's deaf and blind academies?

Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80

UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate's cancer diagnosis
Prince's sister Tyka Nelson will give her farewell performance at the Dakota
Britain's Prince Harry formally confirms he is now a US resident

At St. Olaf College, talking about death is on this 'cafe' menu

Olympic champion Suni Lee back in form after debilitating kidney ailment
A novel idea: These Minnesota book clubs are silent
Brooks: A tale of 124 hoarded Minnesota cats has at least a hundred happy endings