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Vance Boelter, the suspect in the targeted shootings of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, is expected to make his first court appearance Monday afternoon.
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Millions of people who use the food assistance program SNAP are facing changes: on what food they can buy, how much money they’ll receive or even if they’ll still qualify for the program.
Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot multiple times early Saturday morning. Health care providers believe they will survive the attack.
The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion.
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s criminal trial, originally set to begin Monday in the Becker County Courthouse in Detroit Lakes, has been delayed. The DFLer from Woodbury is charged with two felonies for allegedly breaking into the home of her stepmother to retrieve some of her late father’s things.
During her two decades in elected office, Melissa Hortman positioned herself as a consensus builder and DFLer willing to work with Republicans. “Everybody liked her and respected her on both sides of the aisle,” said former GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Artist Karen Keenan discovered she had family ties to the centuries-old practice of turning human hair into art through an intricate process of braiding and shaping. Now she wants to revive the once-popular Swedish art form by teaching it to others.
Lawmakers are still reeling from the shooting that killed one Minnesota state legislator and her husband and severely wounded another and his wife. Even as authorities searched for the suspect in the shooting, the state’s two U.S. Senators noted the attack was one of an increasing examples of political violence.
The use of artificial intelligence has become a hot topic in classrooms, around dinner tables and, increasingly in recent years, in state legislatures. What AI conversations did Minnesota legislators have this session? And what could it mean for the technology moving forward?
Mourners gathered outside the Minnesota Capitol building Sunday to remember the life of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her spouse, Mark Hortman. Those in attendance added flowers, cards and candles to a memorial in front of the Capitol steps.
The new law aims to educate boaters about safety and environmental impacts, including preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species and shoreline erosion.
State officials on Saturday urged people to not attend dozens of planned “No Kings” protests across Minnesota, as the suspect in the fatal shooting of a longtime state lawmaker earlier in the day remained at large — though crowds still showed up for the rallies.
Vance Luther Boelter worked for a Minnesota-based private security firm and he touted experience in Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East.
