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Children’s Minnesota awards legislator for trans refuge bill 

Children’s Minnesota awarded the author of the state’s new “trans refuge” law with its annual “Children’s Health Hero award.” The organization announced Tuesday that Rep....

Rep. Finke offered ‘heartfelt apology’ for intimidating colleague

Rep. Dawn Gillman, R-Dassel, told Alpha News that Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul, gave her a “heartfelt apology” following an incident last week. As Alpha...

GOP legislator says she was ‘yelled at and intimidated’ on House...

A Republican lawmaker was verbally accosted by a Democratic colleague on the House floor Wednesday because she shared a tweet from the organization Gays...

Senate passes three controversial bills, including ‘trans refuge’ legislation

A few hundred people filled the halls outside of the Minnesota Senate chambers Friday morning both in support of and opposition to three polarizing...

DFL rep who defended rioting now adheres to ‘principles of non-violence’

A DFL legislator who defended rioting in 2022 now claims to adhere to the “principles of non-violence.” Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul, faced criticism from...

Children, not parents, are the ‘only authority’ on gender identity, DFL...

A sitting member of the Minnesota House of Representatives published a self-help book for Christian teens who are questioning their sexuality. Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St....

Attorney explains ‘insidious’ nature of ‘trans refuge’ bill

Minnesota-based attorney Robert Roby appeared on Fox News this week to warn that HF 146, the so-called “trans refuge” bill passed by the state...

House passes bill to make Minnesota a ‘refuge’ for child sex...

A large crowd of protesters gathered outside the Minnesota House chambers Thursday afternoon to voice their opposition to a “trans refuge” bill. Tensions rose after...

Sex abuse allegations surrounding nonprofit are ‘irrelevant,’ says Minnesota Dem

(Daily Caller News Foundation) — A Democratic state representative called the past alleged sexual assault of a minor at the hands of a nonprofit...

Biological male named Minnesota’s ‘Woman of the Year’

USA Today named Rep. Leigh Finke, a biological male who identifies as a woman, Minnesota’s “Woman of the Year” over the weekend. “I have a...