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Controversial ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ clears key House committee 

A proposed “Equal Rights Amendment” to the Minnesota Constitution would go before voters in the 2026 election under language approved by a key committee...

Legislators debate whether to help U of M pay for costs...

It’s been less than a week since a group of anti-Israel activists on the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus packed up their tents and provisions...

Democrats pass ‘safe and secure storage’ gun control bill in Minnesota...

In a marathon session of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Democratic legislators passed new gun control legislation known as the "safe and secure storage"...

House Dems scale back (again) a ranked-choice voting bill, then advance...

Jeanne Massey won’t give up her well-funded push to make Minnesota a ranked-choice voting state, even if it means the DFL legislators she’s partnering with continue to whittle...

Hennepin County candidate is co-author of bill banning sale of gas-powered...

Hennepin County Board candidate and current Minnesota Rep. Heather Edelson is co-sponsoring legislation that would ban the sale of gas-powered lawn and gardening tools...

Conferees take some of the bite out of Walz’s ‘ban on...

Gov. Tim Walz’s “ban on book bans” proposal lost a bit of its bite at the Minnesota legislature this week. But that didn’t come without some back-and-forth tense...

House Democrats approve surrogacy legislation, gun control bill

Democrats in control of the Minnesota House of Representatives passed surrogacy legislation that has been strongly criticized by religious groups and social conservatives in...

Local DFLers not rescinding endorsement of candidate disavowed by party chairman

Democrats in Douglas County are not rescinding their endorsement of a legislative candidate who was disavowed by DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin. Earlier this moth,...

Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association opposes firearms storage bill

The Minnesota Sheriffs' Association (MSA) released a letter this week in which it announced its opposition to the so-called "safe and secure storage of...

Health insurers would be required to cover ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors...

Health care insurance companies that do business in Minnesota would be required to cover “gender-affirming care" for children and adolescents under a bill that passed...