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Donald Trump's Minnesota GOP dinner is on the same day as son Barron's graduation
Former president had asked to be excused from a court appearance in his New York hush-money trial.
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign
Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden's policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, and other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry.
Flying new colors: Minnesota's redesigned state flag to make its debut at the State Capitol
The current flag will be replaced with a brand new design to mark Statehood Day on Saturday.
House Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate. Here's why his job is far from safe
Mike Johnson's job isn't safe yet.
'You're a go': How miscues and confusion delayed the National Guard on Jan. 6
New testimony underscores how a critical miscommunication between top military officials contributed to a four-hour delay in deploying troops to help restore order at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Minnesota lawmakers look to ban 'excited delirium' training for police
The mention of the term during the George Floyd murder case and other high-profile police encounters has accelerated the debate over its legitimacy.
Minnesota Senate passes new penalties for gun straw buyers, bans binary triggers
Hermantown DFL Sen. Grant Hauschild voted for it while saying he won't support a safe-storage bill.
Biden administration won't conclude Israel violated terms of US weapons agreement, AP sources say
A soon-to-be-released Biden administration review of Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in its war in Gaza does not conclude that Israel has violated the terms for their use, according to three people who have been briefed on the matter.
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Dennis Anderson
Anderson: Courts, not politicians, should rule on Red Lake, White Earth lands
Look to the Mille Lacs case for an example of treaty claims correctly decided by courts, not the Minnesota Legislature.
Laura Yuen
Yuen: He donated his sperm to friends. Now he wants to be dad to the 5-year-old.
A sperm donor's paternity case could have statewide ramifications for same-sex couples and other families who rely on assisted reproduction.
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California governor would slash 10,000 vacant state jobs to help close $27.6 billion deficit
California has a budget deficit of $27.6 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday — a gap so wide that he's proposing eliminating 10,000 vacant state jobs and cutting spending across 260 state programs.
Minnesota pot growers sue state, seeking to legally sell their homegrown cannabis
State constitution allows farm and garden products to be sold without licenses, they argue.
US pledges money and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms
U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation's dairy cows that has spread to more than 40 herds in nine states.
The Latest | Prosecutors likely to call just 2 more witnesses in Trump's hush money case
Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial said Friday that they expect to call just two more witnesses to the stand, potentially laying the ground for resting their case next week.
Prosecutors focus on phone records in Trump's hush money trial as Michael Cohen's testimony awaits
In the wake of salacious testimony from porn actor Stormy Daniels, prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial narrowed their focus to checks and phone records Friday as they laid the groundwork for jurors to hear from the star witness: Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney.
Minnesota Supreme Court: Legal Marijuana Now failed to meet requirements to remain a major party
The LMN Party could qualify as a third party in the state but will lose major party ballot access in 2024.
Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction
A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
He fought this newspaper — and won. Dan Cohen, mainstay of Minneapolis politics for decades, dies at 87.
The former City Council president took the Star Tribune to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A new rule aims to speed up the removal of a limited group of migrants who don't qualify for asylum
A new Biden administration rule announced Thursday aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border for a limited group of people believed to have committed serious crimes or who have terrorist links and ultimately more quickly eject them from the country.
One man was a Capitol Police officer. The other rioted on Jan. 6. They're both running for Congress
For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn't enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the halls of Congress permanent.