Minneapolis City Council approves spending $500,000 to fund outside police
(The Center Square) – In a 7-6 Friday vote, the Minneapolis City Council approved a plan to spend roughly $500,000 to temporarily hire outside...
UW-Madison asking students to choose between in-person classes and Thanksgiving
(The Center Square) – Students at the University of Wisconsin’s largest campus are being asked to make a choice between staying on campus or...
U of M’s Osterholm walks back call for another lockdown
The University of Minnesota’s Dr. Michael Osterholm, who was appointed to President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force, said a comment he made earlier in...
GOP rep introduces bills to require voter ID, provisional balloting in...
A Republican lawmaker introduced two bills during Thursday’s special session to restore “safety and security” to Minnesota’s elections system.
The bills, carried by Rep. Steve...
DFL House rejects bill to reform peacetime emergency laws
Republicans didn’t attempt to revoke Gov. Tim Walz’s COVID-19 emergency powers during Thursday’s special session, but they did introduce a bill to reform peacetime...
Poster at St. Olaf tells students to remember to wash their...
A poster on how to have “partnered sex during a pandemic” encourages students at St. Olaf College to “avoid kissing” and “wear a mask...
State Republicans give Senate president position to a Democrat to protect...
Republicans have voted to transfer the Senate president’s role from one of their own to a Democrat in order to protect their Senate majority...
Newly-elected GOP rep joins four incumbents who defected from Kurt Daudt’s...
The New House Republican Caucus gained a fifth member this week following the election of Erik Mortensen, who defeated Democratic Rep. Brad Tabke in...
Progressive groups want Biden to select Ellison for U.S. attorney general
Two influential progressive groups want projected President-elect Joe Biden to pick Keith Ellison to serve as attorney general of the United States.
The Sunrise Movement...
GOP senators object to Walz’s plan to use disaster relief fund...
Several Republican lawmakers are pushing back after Gov. Tim Walz said he plans to use the state’s disaster relief fund to help rebuild some...