Minnesota's Senate is set to vote on a 12-week medical and parental paid leave policy for all workers. 

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.