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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Two people have been charged with conspiracy to commit voter registration fraud in a case that shows Minnesota's election safeguards work and prevented anyone from voting illegally, Secretary of State Steve Simon said Friday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will seek to energize activists at Democratic state conventions in South Carolina and California on Saturday, as the party's 2024 vice presidential nominee works to keep up the high national profile he gained when Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Some things have changed for the better in Minneapolis since Memorial Day 2020, when a police officer murdered George Floyd. Some have not.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature announced a hard-fought budget deal Thursday, contrasting the bipartisan cooperation that produced the agreement with the deep divisions that have tied Washington in knots.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Angie Craig on Tuesday became the latest Minnesota Democrat to enter the increasingly competitive race for a U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Sen. Tina Smith.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Gov. Tim Walz pledged Wednesday night to do everything in his power to protect Minnesotans from the chaos that he said President Donald Trump has unleashed on the country and the world.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a preemptive lawsuit Tuesday against Republican President Donald Trump seeking to block his administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it's taking on Maine under a federal push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women's sports.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of post-election drama over chamber control decisively chose Democrat David Gottfried on Tuesday, tying the House and ending a short-lived Republican majority. The Democratic victory will force the two parties to work together on a budget for the next two years.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama to control the chamber chose Democrat David Gottfried on Tuesday in a race that will leave control of the House tied and end a short-lived Republican majority. The Democratic victory will force the two parties to work together to agree on a...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A special election in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama to control the chamber will decide whether control will be tied between Democrats and Republicans, or if the GOP locks in a narrow but workable majority.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Molly Kelly was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available "nudification" technology to create highly realistic and sexually explicit videos and images of her, using family photos that were posted on social media.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz won't seek Minnesota's open U.S. Senate seat next year and is instead considering a run for a third term as governor, the Democrat's spokesman announced Wednesday.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota said Thursday she won't seek reelection in 2026, a decision that has set off a scramble by potential candidates in both major political parties to fill her open seat.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota said Thursday that she won't seek reelection, setting off a scramble by potential candidates in both major political parties to fill her open seat.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Democratic and Republican leaders of the Minnesota House reached a power-sharing agreement Wednesday night to end a three-week stalemate that the state's chief justice said left the chamber "completely dysfunctional."
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Democratic and Republican leaders of the Minnesota House reached a power-sharing agreement Wednesday night to end a three-week stalemate the state's chief justice said left the chamber "completely dysfunctional."
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans that the chief justice said had left the state House of Representatives "completely dysfunctional."
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on how deeply it should intervene in a power struggle between Democrats and Republicans over who should control the state House of Representatives.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Gov. Tim Walz urged lawmakers Thursday to end a power struggle that has disrupted the first week of Minnesota's 2025 legislative session, but expressed support for House Democrats' boycott of the chamber to block Republicans from wielding power.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and House Democrats have asked the state's highest court to intervene in a partisan power struggle that has roiled the start of the 2025 legislative session.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- House Democrats boycotted the opening day of Minnesota's 2025 legislative session Tuesday in an effort to stop Republicans from exploiting a temporary majority to advance their agenda, but GOP representatives forged ahead and named their leader as speaker in a move that Democrats rejected.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- House Democrats boycotted the opening day of Minnesota's 2025 legislative session Tuesday in an effort to stop Republicans from exploiting a temporary majority to advance their agenda.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Leaders were trying Tuesday to avert an opening day boycott of Minnesota's 2025 legislative session by House Democrats who want to stop Republicans from exploiting a temporary majority to advance their agenda.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The 2025 session of the Minnesota Legislature could be headed for a rocky start when it convenes Tuesday, with House Democrats threatening to boycott opening day and House Republicans saying they'll try to recall lawmakers who fail to show up.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Republicans filed a lawsuit Monday to try to force a rerun of a state House race where the incumbent Democrat won by 14 votes -- but in which investigators concluded that election workers probably destroyed 20 valid absentee ballots after failing to count them.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- As feathers flew, Tim Walz accepted the symbolic presentation of a turkey Tuesday as he eases back into his duties as Minnesota's governor following the Harris-Walz ticket's defeat in the presidential election.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Gov. Tim Walz faces a new era of divided government when he returns home from the presidential campaign trail, now that Republicans appear to have broken the Democratic trifecta that helped put him on Kamala Harris' radar.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Abortion was a key issue in two suburban Minnesota congressional races as Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig won a fourth term and an OB-GYN doctor won an open seat to keep it in Democratic hands as well.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig won a fourth term Tuesday in Minnesota's tightest congressional race, a faceoff against Republican challenger and former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won a fourth term, defeating anti-establishment Republican and former NBA player Royce White in Minnesota's top election matchup.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig won a fourth term Tuesday in Minnesota's tightest congressional race, a faceoff against Republican challenger and former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won a fourth term, defeating anti-establishment Republican and former NBA player Royce White in Minnesota's top election matchup.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is seeking a fourth term in Minnesota's tightest congressional race, a faceoff against Republican former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar was a heavy favorite to win a fourth term Tuesday against a challenge by anti-establishment Republican and former NBA player Royce White in Minnesota's top election matchup.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Supreme Court has ordered election officials in the state's most populous county to go back to a list submitted by the state's Republican Party and pick new members for a board that validates absentee ballots.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, his wife, Gwen, and their son, Gus, went to a polling place in St. Paul on a crip fall Wednesday morning to cast their ballots early.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Former Rep. Rick Nolan, a Democrat who represented different Minnesota congressional districts during two separate stints in office three decades apart, died Friday, his wife said. He was 80.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz carried a shotgun and tramped through tall grass as Minnesota's pheasant hunting season opened, giving the campaign a chance to highlight the governor's rural roots and love of outdoor sports.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz spent Saturday morning tramping through tall grass on the opening day of Minnesota's pheasant hunting season, giving the campaign a chance to highlight the governor's rural roots and love of outdoor sports.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- When the issue of gun violence came up at the vice presidential debate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had a personal story to tell: His teenage son, Gus, had been at a sports center last year when a shooting took place.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz knows how to lean into abortion rights on the debate stage. He's done it before.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- In-person voting for this year's presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Democratic and Republican parties conventions are just a memory, the first and perhaps only debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is in the bag, and election offices are beginning to send out absentee ballots.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- While there was a "glitch" in Minnesota's new automatic voter registration system, Secretary of State Steve Simon said Thursday that nobody who was ineligible voted in the August primary as a result of the problem.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Package delivery company DHL is suing MyPillow, alleging the company synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and election denier Mike Lindell owes nearly $800,000 for unpaid bills.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A sister of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz says she doesn't recognize the people wearing "Nebraska Walz's for Trump" T-shirts in a photo that is making the rounds on social media. It turns out they are distant cousins.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An unexpected highlight of the Democratic National Convention on Night Three was an outburst of pride from the son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will face a national audience that's still getting to know him when he headlines the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday night.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris ' running mate, his drunken driving arrest from 1995 in Nebraska -- long before he entered politics -- is getting renewed scrutiny.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the progressive House members known as the "Squad" and a sharp critic of how Israel has conducted the war in Gaza, has won her primary race in Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab has won a contested GOP primary for Minnesota's 2nd District seat held by Democratic Rep. Angie Craig.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the progressive House members known as the "Squad" and a sharp critic of how Israel has conducted the war in Gaza, is trying to avoid the fate of two of her closest allies when Minnesota holds its primary elections Tuesday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- When longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon surrendered at a federal prison in Connecticut, he asked an unconventional U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota to stand at his side.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Gov. Tim Walz and his fellow Democrats have enacted big changes in the two years that they've had full control of the Minnesota Legislature, from expansions of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights to tax credits and other initiatives aimed at making life easier for families.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Republicans got a straighter path to potential victory Saturday in what is expected to be Minnesota's closest congressional race when GOP-endorsed candidate Tayler Rahm dropped out of a primary fight against the better-funded Joe Teirab, who already had tacit backing from key House leaders.