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Data centers a potent issue in some Minnesota elections
The issue was a factor in some local elections across Minnesota where data center proposals have been controversial, and...
Cities Church defendants head to court to challenge charges
Dozens of motions are on the table in the case against 38 anti-ICE protestors who entered a St. Paul church to decry its...
Voter turnout up in Minnesota's midterm election
This year’s state election saw the largest voter turnout for a midterm election in at least 12 years. More than 2.8 mill...
Marathon selling Minnesota oil refinery in $4.2 billion deal
The refinery employs about 375 people and has a refining capacity of 105,000 barrels of oil a day, producing gas, propan...
Bob Dylan comes knockin' on pope's door as Leo welcomes legend to Vatican
Bob Dylan has come knockin’ on Pope Leo XIV’s door. The American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American po...
Minnesota’s 2nd District sends progressive to DC
Democrat Matt Little said he’ll fight to cut funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and champion Medicare for A...
Prominent business owner Joe Powers wins Rochester mayor race
The new mayor will be tasked with guiding Rochester through a period of tremendous change....
Midterms launch wave of historic firsts for some states — and for the nation
This midterm election will be remembered not just for the stunning number of losses Democrats handed to President Donald...
St. Cloud elects first Somali American lawmaker
DFLer Abdi Daisane won the House District 14A seat with about 52 percent of the vote, flipping a seat that had been Repu...
Frazier narrowly defeats Folk in race for Hennepin County attorney
Frazier will fill the seat being vacated by Mary Moriarty, who opted against running for re-election after one term....
Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District race too close to call
The outcome of the 1st Congressional District race between incumbent Republican Rep. Brad Finstad and Democratic challen...
St. Paul artist Seitu K. Jones gets his first solo museum exhibition at 75
“The Smell of Earth: Seitu K. Jones Working in the Elements,” a show that explores self, ancestry and the land, is on vi...
Democrats win the U.S. House
The results from across the country were a major blow to Trump, who spent nearly every day of the last month holding ral...
Flanagan win brings Native women's legacy to the Senate
Peggy Flanagan’s path to the U.S. Senate runs through generations of Native women who built institutions, raised leaders...
Omar wins fifth term in congress
Rep. Ilhan Omar has won a fifth term representing Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District as a federal criminal investiga...
10 things to know about Peggy Flanagan
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is the first Native American woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. She is a member of the Whit...
10 things to know about Amy Klobuchar
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the first woman to be elected governor in Minnesota. She will succeed DFL Gov. Tim Walz, who ...
What happens to Amy Klobuchar's U.S. Senate seat?
The governor of Minnesota will appoint a temporary senator until a special election is held next November. But which gov...
Democrats have won the U.S Senate
Democrats charted an extraordinary path to Senate victory through some of the most conservative states in the nation....
Republican Tom Tiffany concedes defeat in Wisconsin
Crowley would be the first Black governor in Wisconsin 178-year history, and his win would mark the first time that Demo...
Watch live election coverage with Catharine Richert
Join MPR News host Catharine Richert and MPR News editor Mike Mulcahy live online as they analyze the results as they co...
Man charged with mailing powder to government officials
Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma man with sending hundreds of letters containing nonhazardous white powder to pub...
What to expect in Minnesota on Election Day
All seats in both chambers of the Minnesota state Legislature are up in 2026. Democrats have a one-seat advantage in the...
Tafoya, Flanagan battle in Minnesota Senate race
Democrat Peggy Flanagan and Republican Michele Tafoya didn’t see the national attention of other Senate races, but the o...
New bridge reconnects Iowa, Wis. over Mississippi
The river crossing at Lansing, Iowa, is the only bridge across the Mississippi in a 60-mile stretch — between La Crescen...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Home/World'
The author of “Home/World: A Circumnavigation of Our Shared Earth” attempts to circumnavigate the world....
Minnesota voters set to hire their next governor
Amy Klobuchar and Lisa Demuth vied to be the first woman to be Minnesota’s governor. Their race focused on the direction...
201 separate elections to decide 2 Capitol majorities
Millions of dollars have poured into a select few races as Republicans and DFLers jockey for control of the Legislature....
Protecting the kauri from fire and disease
Disease in trees can spread quickly throughout a whole forest — and make those trees more vulnerable to wildfire. But co...
Minnesota tree fort builder crafts imagination into reality
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam Rasmussen built a play structure for his son. He didn’t think it was the beginning of...
All eyes on Minnesota’s 1st and 2nd House districts
One southern Minnesota congressional seat and another that extends south from the Twin Cities suburbs are getting the mo...
Parties see path to downballot state office success
Attorney General Keith Ellison and GOP challenger Ron Schutz engaged in a bitter, expensive race. It’s just one of sever...
Nordquist killing ringleader's mother faces charges
Shirley Morales faces kidnapping and conspiracy charges in connection with the death of Sam Nordquist. Morales pleaded n...
Democrats to send election observers to two counties
Minnesota’s secretary of state says in addition to election monitors sent by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. House ...
Vikings defense holds Lions in check for 3 quarters before buckling late
For the first six games of the season, the Minnesota Vikings were able to count on their top-tier defense to bail out an...
Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Thousands of veterans are paying the price
An NPR investigation finds that more than 15,000 military veterans were put into much-higher-cost home loans after the T...
The latest: Election Day in Minnesota
More than 700,000 Minnesotans have voted already in person, by mail or through an absentee ballot ahead of Election Day....
Jerry Koosman, who got final out in the 1969 Miracle Mets' World Series victory, dies at 83
Jerry Koosman, an All-Star pitcher who secured the final out for the Miracle Mets in the 1969 World Series, has died at ...
Truth Council releases report on immigration surge
The Truth Council released its preliminary report on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement surge, describing ...
Clean up of Lake Okabena makes small waves of progress
Progress on cleaning up Lake Okabena shows small improvements, but there’s no silver bullet for correcting decades-long ...
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