Tag: Minnesota Capitol
Republicans urge Walz to restore Christopher Columbus statue after president’s proclamation
The four Republican members of Minnesota's congressional delegation are asking Gov. Tim Walz what became of the Christopher Columbus statue that used to reside...
EXCLUSIVE: Vance Boelter now claims political shootings were ‘citizen arrests’ gone...
Vance Boelter claims that he wanted to turn himself in after the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses earlier this summer.
Boelter is...
‘No excuse’: Sheriff slams State Patrol administration for lack of emergency...
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is calling out the Minnesota State Patrol administration for not using a mass notification system to alert state legislators...
Capitol trespasser arrested over the weekend has active criminal cases, wanted...
A man who was found trespassing at the state Capitol three times over the weekend has several active Minnesota criminal cases and is wanted...
Man ‘found disrobed’ in Minnesota Senate chamber arrested after returning to...
UPDATE -- The man who was found naked in the Minnesota Senate chamber Friday night has been arrested after returning to the Capitol grounds...
Capitol security officer on leave after posing as undercover cop while...
Alpha News has learned that a Minnesota Capitol security officer was recently arrested for impersonating a police officer at a Minneapolis bar, threatening to...
GOP legislators grill new DHS commissioner, inspector general about Medicaid-related fraud
In its first meeting since the end of the Minnesota legislative session, a fraud prevention oversight committee—created by the Minnesota House of Representatives—turned its...
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, Mark Hortman to lie in state at...
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman will lie in state at the Minnesota State Capitol Building on Friday, June 27. Her husband, Mark, and the couple's...
Minnesota shootings spark debate over legislator privacy, firearms ban at State...
Following the shooting of two legislators at their homes, officials have taken immediate steps to protect the privacy and safety of legislators whether they’re...
Here’s what did and did not pass at the Minnesota Legislature...
The Minnesota Legislature just wrapped up one of the most contentious and unpredictable legislative sessions in state history.
Throughout the last several months, the legislature...