The Minnesota House approved a bill Thursday that would eliminate the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board and replace it with a new legislative-citizen commission.
Minnesota’s Senate is set to vote on a 12-week medical and parental paid leave policy for all workers.
After hitting a snag due to disagreement over privacy concerns, body camera legislation is back on the move at the Minnesota Legislature.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has approved an emergency rule that allows people waiting for state photo identification cards to vote with receipts showing they’re trying to obtain an ID.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch says North Carolina’s law restricting restroom access for transgender people amounts to “state-sponsored discrimination.”
North Carolina’s Governor has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department to defend the state’s controversial new transgender law.
In the wake of Prince’s death, legislative committees plan hearings on a bill to clarify the rights of artists to control the commercial use of their names, likenesses and images and extends those protections to an artist’s heirs.
The U.S. Treasury Department has rejected a plan that would have drastically cut the pensions of more than a quarter million retirees around the country, including 15,000 here in Minnesota.
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System has lifted a ban on travel to North Carolina over that state’s law limiting the rights of LGTB people.
Senate Democrats’ plan to borrow $1.5 billion for public construction projects has hit a snag.
The Senate unanimously passed the ban Wednesday, the measure is awaiting a final vote in the House.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has approved an emergency rule requiring certain citizens to pass a drug test in order to receive unemployment benefits.
There’s a partisan battle brewing in the Minnesota Legislature over a public works package.
John Kasich is dropping out of the race for the White House.
Ted Cruz is ending his campaign for president, putting Donald Trump on a glide path to claim the Republican Party’s nomination.
Wisconsin U.S Sen. Ron Johnson made a campaign stop in Superior Tuesday.
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson made a stop in Superior Tuesday.
Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is stopping in Minnesota to continue pushing for stronger gun control measures.
Senate Democrats have a backup plan for transportation funding if negotiations don’t pan out.
Minnesota Senate Democrats announced a plan Wednesday for their bonding proposal.
Senate Democrats are setting a high mark for how much Minnesota’s Legislature should approve in public construction projects.
Minnesota county attorneys and law enforcement officials say they have reached a deal to make broad reductions to prison sentences for drug offenders.
Governor Mark Dayton has revised his state budget proposal to increase the number of school counselors in Minnesota and help schools pay for preschool facilities.
Governor Mark Dayton has created a task force on mental health in Minnesota.
Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz has tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina as his running mate in the race for the White House.
Senate Democrats are pushing to restore voting rights faster to felons.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has signed a bill creating tougher drunken driving penalties.
State lawmakers and economic development officials want to craft a multi-million-dollar incentive package to attract a major manufacturing operation to Minnesota’s Iron Range.
Officials in Iowa and Minnesota are exploring a system to allow Iowa residents to buy medical marijuana from their northern neighbor.
Republican lawmakers in the Minnesota House are taking aim at a state agency that invests in the Iron Range and whose structure was called into question earlier this year.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is expected to announce later Wednesday that Harriet Tubman will replace former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
Target is making a stand on the debate around what type of bathrooms transgenders can use.
State attorneys have asked a Madison judge to stay his ruling declaring Wisconsin’s right-to-work law unconstitutional.
A Madison judge has entered a final order declaring Wisconsin’s right-to-work law unconstitutional.
Upgrading driver’s licenses to satisfy the federal government could cost up to $5 million.
A County Board in northeastern Minnesota has dropped a proposed resolution against copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area after Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk warned that they’d risk losing state money.
Wisconsin’s Seventh District Congressman has a new challenger for his seat.
Some lawmakers want to set up a special state prosecutor to handle police deadly force incidents.
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan says he plans to support presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention in July.
A Wisconsin court has struck down the state’s right-to-work law championed by Republican Governor Scott Walker, calling it unconstitutional.
The Transportation Security Administration is taking steps to shorten wait times at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport.
Minnesota lawmakers want to ban cellphone cases that look like handguns due to concerns that it could be mistaken for a real firearm.
Superior City Council President Tom Fennessey spoke out Wednesday about Tuesday’s election and the voting of three new councilors to the council.
Wisconsin election officials predicted a big turnout in Tuesday’s primary, and then voters blew their number away.
Duluth Mayor Emily Larson will hold her first State of the City Address on Wednesday, April 27.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has instructed all state employees to refrain from any non-essential travel to Mississippi after the governor there signed a law allowing public and private businesses to refuse services to gay couples.
Wisconsin is projected to have its highest turnout in a presidential primary since 1980, but that hasn’t translated into problems at the polls.
Republican voters casting ballots in Wisconsin’s presidential primary have helped carry Rebecca Bradley to a 10-year seat on the state Supreme Court.
Wisconsin’s most popular presidential primary in 36 years was one big party for Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Bernie Sanders.
Here’s a look at election results from Wisconsin, as of 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
