Saint Paul’s proposed 2027 budget would close Dayton’s Bluff Library and Duluth & Case Recreation Center and end regular indoor recreation at Highwood Hills Recreation Center. The proposals are drawing pushback from Councilmember Cheniqua Johnson, who says the cuts amount to “concentrated disinvestment” in the East Side, while Mayor Her says the city must confront aging facilities, deferred maintenance and rising costs.

The Dayton’s Bluff branch, located in Metro State University’s building, is the only St. Paul public library proposed for closure under Mayor Her’s budget plan. Her says the location has the city’s most expensive library lease and is its least-used branch.

Nearly two dozen residents came to speak against the city’s Flock camera contract and Skydio drones. The council ultimately closed comments unrelated to the agenda, with the issue expected to continue at next week’s Public Safety Committee meeting.

A newly released Homeland Security investigation known as “Operation Puppet Master” raises serious questions about the federal government’s surveillance of unions, nonprofits and Minnesotans involved in protests. The investigation included undercover agents infiltrating meetings, events and online group chats while examining years of financial records from some organizations.

More than six months after federal agents arrested Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort at her home, her attorneys are asking a federal judge to throw out the criminal case against her, saying that the government is trying to punish her for doing her job.

Minnesota’s entire Senate delegation will look different come January. That’s because Sen. Amy Klobuchar is now the Democratic nominee for governor.

U.S. Department of Justice staff are expected to monitor polling places in Hennepin County on Tuesday, but they will not be allowed inside polling locations after the county denied the federal agency’s request for access.

Minnesotans will head to the polls Tuesday to decide which candidates will advance to the November general election — including races for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, the state Legislature and statewide offices.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in suing the Trump administration. The lawsuit says the federal government is illegally using billions of dollars in disaster preparedness and counterterrorism funding to pressure states into changing how they administer elections and enforce federal immigration law.

Vance Boelter, the man who killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, will spend the rest of his life in prison. Boelter was sentenced this morning in federal court in Minneapolis to two consecutive life terms plus 40 years for the politically motivated attacks carried out on June 14 of 2025. Boelter pled guilty to the shootings this past June in an effort to avoid the federal death penalty. The sentenc

The fatal shootings by ICE of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine have reignited calls for justice across the country, including in Minnesota, where communities are still seeking accountability for the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during Operation Metro Surge.

Individuals born in the United States are United States citizens. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court rejected President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. by executive order.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon (left), Elections Director Paul Linnell (Center) and Security Navigator Bill Ekblad (right) spoke during a June 25 press conference at the state capitol outlining voting procedures, election security measures and state protections ahead of the Aug. 11 primary. Early voting has started. Photo: Becca Gilbuena As early voting gets underway in Minnesota, Secretary of State Steve Simon is reassuring voters that polling places will remain sa

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Organizers of the Palm Sunday faith actions and march say they’ve been planning for it since last fall.

“These people come from a crooked country, a disgusting county, one of the worst countries in the world … they come to our country and they rob us blind. They rob us blind because we have crooked politicians and dirty cops. The attorney general (of Minnesota) is a dirty cop.”

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) welcomed the court intervention and emphasized that the handling of these critical protections should not be as fickle as it has been.

The firing, first reported by ABC News, follows two days of testimony by Noem before Senate and House committees.

There have been several more arrests in wake of the January protest at Cities Church in St. Paul.

The ICE surge began to affect students directly when reports of agents allegedly staying at the Graduate Hotel on the university’s campus were made.