The new leaders of Minnesota’s Republican Party want to make peace with anti-establishment activists heading into the 2026 ...

Editorials represent the opinions of the Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. ••• Not long ago, many members of Congress, Republicans especially, ...

It should have been an innocuous, mundane act on Sept. 8, 2017, when Wayzata Police Officer Bill Mathews responded to a call to remove debris on the road, state Rep. Jerry Hertaus said. “But ...

Next session, it’s expected that the Democrats will take up the “Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act,” better known as the bullying bill. The bill passed the House last session but was ...

We are finishing up week four of the 2025 legislative session. The big news is that House Democrats have ended their boycott ...

Friends and neighbors, We are finishing up week four of the 2025 legislative session. The big news is that House Democrats have ended their boycott and will return to work. An agreement was finalized ...

Between the chaos that unfolded this week, Minnesota lawmakers and the executive branch looked at a myriad of issues ...

A budget proposed by Gov. Tim Walz, released in January, would eliminate nonpublic pupil aid and transportation aid that ...

Republicans and Democrats in the Minnesota House have reached a "power sharing agreement" ending the Democrats' weeks-long ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including fundraising and a special ...

Lawmakers will find that Minnesotans want them to focus on lowering taxes, addressing health care and stopping fraud in state ...

Klobuchar said that 'many of these Afghans are highly educated. They were skilled interpreters and intelligence gatherers who can do well here'.” ...