Good afternoon! Minnesota Department of Health says more than 4 in 10 people struggling with difficult-to-control pain reported medical cannabis provided significant relief. Also, several bills are being considered at the Capitol to help end the opioid crisis. | Forecast | NewsCut | Updraft
Under Dayton's plan, those wishing to buy in would pay for the full cost of the health insurance. Even with that, Dayton said Minnesotans could save a lot money if a MinnesotaCare option were available to everyone. The state, he added, could operate an insurance plan for less money than private insurers.
After legal fees and other expenses are paid, the state will get $720 million for clean drinking water and natural resource projects. Most of the money will be used to provide long-term solutions for the roughly 157,000 east metro residents whose drinking water was affected. | 3M settlement: What to know
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it needs to close stretches of Interstate 35W in Minneapolis in early March. The closures are part of MnDOT's Downtown to Crosstown project and will include a full weekend closure of Interstate 35W, the five-month closure of the 38th Street bridge and the long-term closure of the 36th Street ramp to southbound I-35W. Plan your detour.
The GOP tax bill is dividing candidates in Minnesota's wealthiest congressional district, a race some national pundits say is a bellwether on the fate of Republican control of the House.
A fifth Minnesota child has died from the current influenza outbreak. Health department epidemiologist Karin Martin declined to say whether the kids who have died had been vaccinated against the flu.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Thursday that more than 214,000 prescription pills were seized by drug and gang investigators in 2017. That's up from nearly 59,000 pills in 2016.
Democratic state Rep. Jason Metsa is entering the race to replace Rep. Rick Nolan in Congress. Metsa announced his campaign Thursday for northeastern Minnesota's massive 8th Congressional District. The third-term lawmaker is just the latest Democrat to enter the race since Nolan announced last month he won't seek re-election.
It's a scenario that ended tragically before: a cop in Falcon Heights, gun drawn, approaching a suspect with a weapon after dark.But just a few hundred yards from where Philando Castile was fatally shot in 2016, the situation ended very differently last Friday.
