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Minnesota Supreme Court’s self-defense ruling ‘flies in the face of human...

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Minnesotans faced with a potentially violent aggressor must first retreat, if possible, and only brandish a...

Metro Transit reminds riders to not defecate on trains or sexually...

Metro Transit, which provides public transportation for the Twin Cities metro area, announced last week that it is installing new signs at light rail...

Elected officials allege ‘hate crime,’ push for funding of trans agenda...

Elected officials are again alleging a “hate crime” motivation after a man was found dead from a gunshot wound in south Minneapolis late last...

Legislator says ‘taxpayers will be on the hook’ for Southwest light...

The Metropolitan Council announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with Hennepin County to pay for the remaining cost overruns on the Southwest...

Met Council derided as ‘agency gone rogue’ after latest Southwest light...

Legislators from both sides of the political aisle took turns putting the Metropolitan Council on blast Wednesday morning during a presentation of the Office of the...

New report on Southwest light rail project will focus on Met...

The Office of the Legislative Auditor will release the second of two program evaluation reports as part of its 2023 audit of the Southwest light rail project...

DFL-controlled legislature hands $8 billion transportation bill to Walz for signature

A nearly $8 billion finalized transportation bill has cleared the House and Senate and is on its way to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz to...

Plea deals for LRT assault suspects, bias crime charge quietly dropped

Two suspects in a brutal assault and robbery at a Metro Transit LRT station that politicians and media widely implied was a bias crime...

Report: Met Council wasn’t transparent about Southwest light rail costs, delays

The Office of the Legislative Auditor said in a new report that the Metropolitan Council was not fully transparent with the public about significant...

‘Full of needles’: Metro Transit riders tell lawmakers about deteriorating conditions

Metropolitan Airports Commission associate vice president Mitch Kilian told lawmakers last week that the amount of “open drug use” on the Metro Transit system...