Erin Murphy criticized Trump's healthcare policies for increased costs in Minnesota, highlighting the impact of GOP tax cuts and tariffs on affordability and access to care.

The Minnesota Legislature appears light years away from passing stricter gun laws after Republicans on a guns working group opposed changes.

It was a brief encounter that captures so much about one of the longest-serving legislators in state history and how she views public service. Rest told WCCO that in her 40 years at the state capitol, that kind of civility — disagreeing, agreeably — is becoming increasingly like a lost art.

Five parents of Annunciation students who were hurt in the shooting and doctors who treated the injured students testified to the Senate panel.

The committee will meet regularly and discuss the impacts of the budget bill passed by Congress, as well as “decisions made by Donald Trump.”

Minnesota Senate group meets to discuss gun violence prevention, no formal votes but deliberation on proposals.

The conversation around mass shootings often collapses into “it’s the guns” versus “it’s the people.” The reality is more complicated.

Gov. Tim Walz’s vow to call lawmakers back to the Minnesota Capitol for a special legislative session on gun policy has run into a harsh political reality. Republicans in the closely divided Legislature haven’t budged in their opposition to proposals that would ban assault-style firearms and high-capacity magazines — even after impassioned testimony last week from parents of

Democrat Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday for a seat previously held by the late state Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June. Lee's win also restores a tie in the Minnesota House.

A disgraced Minnesota state lawmaker caught crawling around her stepmother’s bedroom floor while dressed all in black showed little emotion as she escaped a lengthy prison sentence for the brazen burglary.