Tag: Minnesota Senate
Minnesota sheriffs issue vote of no confidence in Walz corrections commissioner
The Minnesota Sheriffs Association (MSA) issued a vote of no confidence in Commissioner Paul Schnell of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC). The vote...
DFL lawmakers weep over Trump’s immigration crackdown, promote ICE ‘resistance network’
Multiple Minnesota DFL lawmakers — joined by the mayor of Eden Prairie — appeared before a packed mosque of Somali residents earlier this month,...
Relative of Sen. Bobby Joe Champion sentenced to 7 years in...
The great nephew of one of the top-ranking Democrats in the Minnesota Senate was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday on charges of...
Two state senators, author of ‘sanctuary state’ bill announce retirement from...
The battle for control of the Minnesota Legislature is already well underway as incumbent lawmakers announce their retirements and new candidates kick off their...
Holmstrom, Hemmingsen-Jaeger win special elections for state Senate
Two special elections for the Minnesota Senate were decided on Tuesday with the GOP prevailing in one of those contests and the DFL claiming...
What to watch for in today’s local elections
Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose who they want to lead the Twin Cities for the next four years while races...
GOP senator worries DFL committee on ‘federal impacts’ will function as...
As the DFL’s one-seat Senate majority hangs in the balance, Democratic legislators say they’re concerned about the “sweeping” impacts a federal budget bill President...
EXCLUSIVE: State DHS commissioner tells GOP senators she won’t rescind ‘racist’...
A Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) affirmative action hiring policy will stay put, despite protest from Republican lawmakers who have criticized it as...
GOP senator recounts how his own child lived through a deadly...
A newly-formed working group of Minnesota senators from both sides of the aisle met this week to discuss a renewed call among some to enact...
GOP leader condemns Sen. Erin Maye Quade’s ‘abhorrent’ posts trashing Charlie...
Republicans in the Minnesota Senate are calling on one of their Democratic colleagues to apologize for "abhorrent" posts she shared to social media just...