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Can Minnesota find a path forward for Uber and Lyft drivers?
As the Minneapolis City Council grapples with the apps' threats to leave, state lawmakers are negotiating a statewide solution to drivers' problems.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is committed to advancing Ukraine aid. But it will be a difficult task
For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine, mulling how best to gain a grasp of what is expected to be a difficult lift in the House.
Some Minnesota cities want to impose fees on internet providers; customers could pay the price
Those fees would go toward improving rural broadband connectivity, increasing access to government media and offering consumer protections.
Former Gov. Jesse Ventura gets into the cannabis business, launching his own line of edibles
"Gov. Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, is in the cannabis game. I can't tell you how truly amazing this feels," Minnesota's former governor announced Wednesday.
Settlement reached in lawsuit between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' allies
Allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in a state court fight over how Walt Disney World is developed in the future following the takeover of the theme park resort's government by the Florida governor.
Gov. Walz reflects on historic legislative session, urges more gun safety measures
His State of the State address also included a pitch for a $989 million bonding bill, a package of construction projects focusing on affordable housing, water infrastructure projects and repairing buildings on college campuses.
Minnesota outdoors council approves $12 million for invasive carp deterrent
Lessard-Sams council's expenditure will be a late-add to its other recommendations before legislature.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain's running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family.
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Jennifer Brooks
Brooks: Once a year, the homeless speak and the politicians listen
At Homeless Day on the Hill, a chance to hear stories like Sandra Johnson's.
Laura Yuen
Yuen: The Minneapolis City Council is showing us the dysfunction of disrespectful politics
It's no surprise that the name-calling and personal jabs we've seen in national politics has found its way to our own backyard.
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Biden administration will lend $1.5B to restart Michigan nuclear power plant, a first in the US
The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, officials announced Wednesday.
Biden fundraiser in NYC with Obama, Clinton nets a whopping $25M, campaign says. It's a new record
A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million — setting a new record for the most-ever haul for a single political event, his campaign said.
Republican committee to select Buck's likely replacement, adding a challenge to Boebert's campaign
A panel of Colorado Republicans will select a candidate Thursday who will likely serve out the final months of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck 's term — and could pose a challenge to Rep. Lauren Boebert's bid for another term in Congress.
Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US
Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its venomous vipers, giant spiders and scorpions. It's Mexico.
Judge forges ahead with pretrial motions in Georgia election interference case
The charges against former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, his lawyers argued in a court filing challenging the indictment.
Trump will attend the wake of a slain NYPD officer as he goes after Biden over crime
Donald Trump will attend Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty, as presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made crime a focus of his third White House campaign and accused President Joe Biden of lacking toughness.
Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling.
Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should lose state law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says
A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election.
Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans.
Donald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case
Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, making a fallacious claim about his daughter and urging him to step aside from the case.