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DFL legislative agenda full of ICE-related bills, lawmaker targets immigration agreements
When Minnesota's 2026 legislative session began on Feb. 17, the Trump administration's large-scale immigration enforcement effort in Minnesota, known as Operation Metro Surge, was...
Republican state legislator says Tim Walz tried to stop bipartisan anti-fraud...
GOP State Sen. Steve Drazkowski said that Gov. Tim Walz tried to scuttle a bipartisan bill that would establish an independent office of the...
Legislators advance bill to formally strip fraud-riddled program from state law
The 2026 legislative session has gotten off to a fast start this week. One of the first orders of business? Formally deleting a fraud-riddled...
Minnesota DFL slams legislation that would ban protests outside private homes
The statewide DFL Party has slammed a Republican piece of legislation that would prohibit protests that take place outside a person's private residence.
The bill,...
Fraud, ICE, and firearms likely to dominate conversation as new legislative...
Today, the Minnesota Legislature begins the 2026 legislative session. From now through May 18, state legislators will be holding hearings and taking votes on...
Funds for African immigrants, delivery fee among new laws on the...
The latest round of legislation passed by the Minnesota Legislature includes $1 million in funding for the African Immigrants Community Services nonprofit and an...
Reinsurance and Senate GOP Health Care Bill Looks Bleak for Minnesota
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans’ newest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and pass Republican-led legislation to rework health care as it stands...
Minnesota Law Unclear on Criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Female genital mutilation (FGM) is illegal in all 50 states, but Minnesota, and some other states, still allow parents to...
New Year, New Laws
Ring in 2017 With New Laws
St. Paul, MN - With the new year comes a handful of new laws passed during the 2016 legislative...