A coalition thinks it has enough signatures to let Lincoln voters decide in May whether to ban housing discrimination in the ...

Starting this year, there are a swath of new state and federal consumer protection laws that have already or will soon go into effect, impacting ...

Throughout the hard-fought, often ugly 2024 presidential race, Republican Donald Trump repeatedly distanced himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's highly detailed, deeply conservative bl ...

Amid a flurry of Trump executive orders aimed at LGBTQ communities, immigration enforcement and diversity initiatives, ...

Thursday began for Minnesota state Rep. Larry Kraft at a breakfast with the Mental Health Legislative Network at the Radisson Hotel in St. Paul, not far from the Capitol. Normally, the DFL ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — 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 ...

CHEYENNE — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon welcomed members of the 68th Wyoming Legislature on Wednesday and reminded them that their legislative decisions have consequences. “I congratulate you on ...

Though the state voted for an evenly split Minnesota House, GOP legislators have unilaterally decided that for now, they run the state Legislature’s lower chamber. The word “coup” might seem ...

Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session got off to an unusual start Tuesday as half of the House of Representatives stood empty while Democrats boycotted the first day of business. The political ...

Democratic House seats remain empty in protest as Republican House members are sworn in at the beginning of the first day of the 2025 Legislature ... Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

House Democrats in Minnesota boycotted the opening session of the 2025 legislative calendar on Tuesday, leaving the chamber devoid of their presence in protest of a Republican move to install the ...

Silence filled the Minnesota House of Representatives chamber Tuesday afternoon as the attendance roll was taken at the start of the legislative session, with 66 DFL members absent. At least 68 ...