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Catholics across Minnesota reacted with a range of emotions after Cardinal Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, was named the next pope on Thursday afternoon.
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The St. Paul City Council on Wednesday voted 4 to 3 to amend the city’s rent control policy, while also approving a slate of new tenant protections.
Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV.
Gov. Tim Walz and legislators celebrated the signing of a bill ensuring equal housing access for individuals training service dogs.
In a video that’s gained national attention, a Rochester woman called a Somali American child a racial slur on a playground at a public park. Leaders of the Black and Somali American communities in Rochester are calling for legal action in the wake of the incident.
Kendall Qualls ran in 2022 for Minnesota’s top political office but fell short of the GOP’s endorsement at the state party convention. He’ll try again next year.
President Donald Trump has nominated Minneapolis attorney Daniel Rosen to serve as the next U.S. attorney for Minnesota.
A new poll finds that Americans strongly prefer that the president achieves his political goals through conventional, sometimes slow, procedures. Republicans are more supportive than Democrats of unconventional presidential actions.
As legislative session winds down, mental health advocates are pressing for a solution to bridge care services for children.
One of the biggest threats loons face is poisoning from swallowing lead sinkers, lures and jigs. Yet efforts to ban lead tackle in Minnesota have repeatedly failed and convincing anglers to voluntarily switch out their lead tackle for non-toxic alternatives has been a slow process.
President Trump said the trade deal with the U.K. was “full and comprehensive,” though details were not immediately available.
A Senate bill, which passed 60 to 7, will establish an office that will keep track of state spending and will also track money that moves through private entities.
President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries, setting them up for potential deportation.
