Convenience Stores Find Loophole to Sell Flavored Tobacco
DULUTH, Minn.- At least two convenience stores in Duluth have found a way around a year-old city ordinance that bans the sale of menthol and flavored tobacco products. Derek Medved, owner of…
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House Lawmakers Pass Hands-Free Driving Bill, on to Senate
DULUTH, Minn.- The Minnesota House has approved a bill requiring drivers to use hands–free devices when talking on the phone. The House passed the bill 106 – 21 Monday night. Sponsors of…
Governor Walz to Deliver State of the State Address in April
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz announced Tuesday morning he will deliver his first State of the State Address on Wednesday, April 3. The address will begin at…
Trump Issues First Veto After Rebuke of Border Order
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. Flanked by law enforcement officials as well…
Senate Rejects Trump Border Emergency as Republicans Defect
WASHINGTON - In a stunning rebuke, the Republican-controlled Senate has voted to terminate President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate voted 59-41 for a resolution to halt Trump's emergency order. Trump has promised…
Democrat Beto O'Rourke announces 2020 White House bid
AUSTIN, Texas - Former congressman Beto O'Rourke is running for president. The 46-year-old officially announced his 2020 Democratic primary bid Thursday with an online post. After months of teasing a bid, he's finally, formally hoping to turn buzz from a…
Dems Select Milwaukee for 2020 National Convention
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democrats selected Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention Monday, setting up the party’s 2020 standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House.…
Rep. Pete Stauber Visits IPS Cranes
DULUTH, Minn. - Congressman Pete Stauber stopped in Duluth this weekend to visit a local manufacturing facility. Representative Stauber says Minnesota's 8th Congressional District has every form of transportation…
Gov. Tim Walz Visits Duluth
DULUTH, Minn. - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (DFL) and the state's education commissioner stopped in the Northland today as part of their statewide education tour. The Governor read to kindergarteners at Myers…
Hillary Clinton Rules out 2020 Rematch With Donald Trump
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton says she won't run for president in 2020, but vows she's “not going anywhere.'' The former secretary of state, senator and first lady ruled out another campaign during an interview posted Monday by New York TV…
Walz Sets Goal: 100 Percent Carbon-Free Electricity by 2050
(video courtesy: Facebook/Governor Tim Walz) ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Tim Walz has set an ambitious goal for Minnesota to get 100 percent of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050.…
Democratic Leader Won't Take Position on Evers' Plan
MADISON, Wis. - The Democratic leader of the Wisconsin state Senate won't say whether she supports a key provision of Gov. Tony Evers' transportation plan that Republicans have backed in the past. Evers wants to repeal the state's minimum markup…
Trump, Kim Summit Collapses Over Sanctions Impasse
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump has departed Vietnam after failing to reach an agreement during his second nuclear summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. The U.S. leader said he "walked away'' from talks with Kim after it…
UMD Student Running For Duluth City Council At-Large Seat
DULUTH, Minn. – UMD student Mike Mayou, who is studying at the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the university, has announced he is running for an at-large seat on the Duluth City Council in November. “I’m running to…
Duluth Council OKs $88K For External Review Of Police Dept.
DULUTH, Minn.- City councilors have unanimously approved Duluth Police Chief Mike Tusken's request to purchase an external evaluation of his department at a cost of roughly $88,000.…
