March 22, 2019 At the start of his term, Gov. Tim Walz promised to work across the aisle and across the state to bring together lawmakers and get work done. All that talk of unity seemed to be laying the groundwork for a sleepy -- yet productive -- session. But now, sparks are flying. On today’s show I spoke with two of MPR's politics reporters about the legislative session so far and the new revisions to the governor’s budget released Friday. ~ Angela Davis, MPR News host | Forecast
In May 2017, the special counsel's office took over an FBI probe into Russian election interference that already had been underway for nearly a near. The report about that work is now ready.
The president said he was ordering the Treasury Department to withdraw "additional large scale sanctions" against North Korea on the same day Pyongyang quit a liaison office with South Korea.
PolyMet Mining Corp. has received the final permit it needs to proceed with building Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine, the company and the Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday. 4 things to know About the PolyMet mine In February Environmental group seeks EPA documents on mine
The mayor of Moorhead has signed an emergency declaration as the city begins preparing for a spring flood. Roads across southern Minnesota continue to see intermittent closures as rivers and creeks rise with the snow melt.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger's bipartisan credentials were a central issue for voters at a recent town hall. The freshman lawmaker beat a Republican incumbent in an ideologically diverse Virginia district.
Some residents of Winona's Latsch Island houseboat community in southeast Minnesota might have to abandon ship. River ice, snowpack and rising waters are threatening to overwhelm some of the houseboats, which residents prefer to call "boathouses."
The Trump administration wants to increase transparency in prescription drug pricing. But health economists say the administration's call to tie prices to what other nations pay might work better.
