At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Monday at the Capitol, lawmakers questioned whether two state agencies have the authority to spend a $850 million lawsuit settlement between 3M and the state and asked whether legislative action is needed.
What began Monday morning as a police response to a crash on Interstate 94 in northwestern Minnesota ended with a State Patrol trooper shooting and wounding a woman who then fled into a nearby field, authorities say.
Bob Collins writes that he'll leave it to women to confirm whether a report from WalletHub out today is correct: Minnesota is the best state for women. That’s either an indication of how great Minnesota is or how poor 49 other states are.
A team led by University of Minnesota-Duluth researchers, are studying how shortening winters — and less ice cover on lakes — may increase the presence of harmful algae blooms and impact the fishery in Lake Minnetonka.
A former employee of the Guthrie has filed discrimination charges against the Minneapolis theater company. Molly Diers worked in the Guthrie's scene shop for 13 years. She and another carpenter quit in January.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators want state law enforcement to be alerted when someone who isn't allowed to buy a gun tries to purchase one. U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Chris Coons on Monday said they will introduce a bill that requires federal authorities to notify states when a felon or a fugitive attempts to buy a firearm but fails the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
In the wake of the deadly Parkland shooting, attention has focused on legislation that could make its way through Congress and the Florida state legislature.But what does the U.S. Supreme Court have to say about gun control? After a couple of important cases nearly a decade ago, the court has, for the most part, turned away cases challenging gun laws.
