Politics

Proposed gas tax increase 'unlikely' to pass, according to KSTP analyst

02/19/2019 10:13 PM

The cost to drive could climb under the state budget laid out by Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday...

Trump criticizes California over lawsuit against border wall

In this Feb. 1, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

Walz to release budget plan for next 2 years

Klobuchar continues campaign trail in Iowa

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., listens as she is introduced during a campaign stop at The Village Trestle in Goffstown, N.H., Monday, Feb. 18, 2019.

Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's running for president in 2020

n this Jan. 30, 2019, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Minnesota to join multistate lawsuit against Trump administration over emergency wall declaration

President Donald Trump speaks during a discussion for drug-free communities support programs, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Washington.

In this Aug. 14, 2018, file photo, Tony Evers speaks after winning Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary election during an event in Madison, Wis.

Evers wants to decriminalize marijuana, legalize medical use

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday that his budget will include proposals to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use and legalize medical marijuana ...

Klobuchar heads to New Hampshire on campaign trail

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a meet and greet with local residents, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, in Mason City, Iowa.

White House indicates Trump to veto disapproval of emergency

In this Jan. 2, 2019, file photo White House senior adviser Stephen Miller listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington.

At Issue: February 17 - Legislative Auditor Releases MNLARS Report, Tracking Sen. Klobuchar on Presidential Campaign Trail

Early-voting states are focus for Democrats in 2020 contest

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a meet and greet with local residents, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, in Mason City, Iowa. Five Democratic senators, including Klobuchar, vying for their party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020 fanned out across the country Saturday to campaign and meet voters.

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census.

Potential privacy lapse found in Americans' 2010 census data

An internal team at the Census Bureau found that basic personal information collected from more than 100 million Americans during the 2010 headcount could be reconstructed from encrypted data, but with lots of mistakes, a top agency official disclosed Saturday...

Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House after meeting with lawmakers about border security, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington.

MNLARS could cost millions more to fix

Trump declares national emergency to build border wall

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border.

Congress passes border deal; Trump will sign, declare emergency

Border security brawl seems near a serene resolution

In this Feb. 5, 2019 photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., arrives for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Omar responds to comments from Trump

In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, a woman walks on the beach next to the border wall topped with razor wire in Tijuana, Mexico.

Unhappy with deal, Trump still doesn't expect a new shutdown

Walz says administration will continue to appeal approval of Enbridge pipeline project

State utility regulators last summer approved Enbridge Energy's plans to build a new $2.6 billion pipeline to replace the aging and corroding Line 3. But, former Gov. Mark Dayton's Department of Commerce appealed that decision ...

Senate backs massive public lands, conservation bill

The Senate has approved a bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds a million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates four new national monuments ...

Mark Kelly announces run for McCain Senate seat in Arizona

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who rocketed to the national spotlight when his Congresswoman wife Gabrielle Giffords was shot in a failed assassination attempt, announced Tuesday he's running to finish John McCain's last term in the U.S. Senate...

In this Oct. 2, 2017, file photo former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., right, listens as her husband Mark Kelly, left, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kelly said Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, that he's running to finish John McCain's term in the U.S. Senate.

Medical

Mother, daughter taking on diabetes through TrialNet

A Minnesota doctor working to cure or prevent Type 1 Diabetes is on a personal mission...

Local

Crystal shooting victim considered 'thoughtful' and 'a good dad'

Family members of a 20-year-old Monticello man killed in a shooting are mourning...

Business

Payless files for bankruptcy, closing North American stores

The filing on Monday came a day after the shoe chain began holding going-out-of-business sales at its North American stores...

This Aug. 23, 2006, file photo shows a Payless store front is seen in Philadelphia. Paylesss ShoeSource is shuttering all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, joining a list of iconic names like Toys R Us and Bon-Ton that have been shuttered in the last year. The Topeka, Kansas-based chain said Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 it will hold liquidation sales starting Sunday and wind down its e-commerce operations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Minnesota corrections commissioner: 'Tougher penalties coming for inmates who assault prison staff'

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