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The state's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, is a heavy hitter in Minnesota politics. In 2014, they spent nearly $200,000 and helped ten Democrats in Minnesota House races.

Alpha News follows up on our previous story regarding waterway buffers in Minnesota - who is affected?

Governor Dayton announced an Executive order yesterday that essentially reinstates the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Citizens' Board, now called the "Governor's Committee to Advise the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency." The move raises questions about the fate of the $650 million Polymet mining project which would turn the largest untapped copper-nickel deposit in the world into an economic boon to Minnesota's depressed Iron Range region.

Alpha News once again perused candidate profiles and websites and determined that nearly 1/3 of the 133 current House members don't hold an outside job. One of the most interesting findings is that the "F" in DFL has no representation in the Minnesota House from Democrats, while nearly 10% of the GOP's delegation list farming or raising livestock as an occupation.

Alpha News asks Minnesotans their thoughts on the $1 billion Vikings Stadium and whether or not they think their tax dollars are being looked...

The Minnesota Department of Education released numbers this week which showed no overall student improvement in math, reading, or science in standardized tests with only 60% of students meeting state reading and math standards. Education Minnesota's lobbying efforts during the 2015 legislative session paid big dividends to the system producing these results. Alpha News takes a closer look.

65 Minnesota state legislators have called for an investigation into Planned Parenthood of Minnesota and also want to know whether the University of Minnesota is involved in procuring fetal organs for research purposes. With national scrutiny of Planned Parenthood heating up, Alpha News takes a look at fetal tissue research in Minnesota.

Protesters and lawmakers rallied outside the regional office for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota in St Paul yesterday afternoon calling for the end of taxpayer funded abortions...

A Somali arts group hired lobbyists this year and requested $4.35 million in taxpayer funds to prevent Somali youth from being targeted by terrorist recruiters. They were rewarded $250,000 in legacy funds in the end and the organization's arts mission and past funding levels raise questions about how they money will be used.

A $100 million plan to turn 26 buildings at historic Ft. Snelling into 190-government-subsidized apartment units was announced this week by Lt. Governor Tina Flint Smith. The project will get the go-ahead from the state's executive council with no input from the legislature. The company making the proposal, Dominium, employs Governor Mark Dayton's senior-level adviser Kathy Tunheim's PR firm. Alpha News takes a closer look at the project.