Minnesotans who have lost loved ones in crashes involving distracted drivers are urging lawmakers to pass a hands-free cell phone requirement this year to prevent similar tragedies.

A bill that cleared a state senate committee Tuesday eliminates a more than 30-year-old exemption in state law that makes intentionally touching someone's clothing on and around their buttocks legal. | This week at the Capitol

Depending on how narrowly or broadly the court rules, it has a majority now to affect gun rights and restrictions in a dramatic way.

It's unclear whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will allow the president to address Congress amid the government shutdown. Trump was originally invited by the speaker to make the speech next Tuesday.

An upcoming conference aims to encourage journalists to examine their own racial biases and assumptions. MPR is part of that effort and is taking a deep look now at its own newsroom.

For medical and financial reasons, a growing number of rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies. That's adding risks to rural birth, and making it that much harder to keep people in small-town Minnesota like Grand Marais that sees the impact firsthand.

The two conference championship games on Sunday proved anew that the NFL has the worst officiating in all of sports. The lamentations in the aftermath of the New Orleans – Los Angeles Rams game proves anew that the world has too many lawyers.

Abortion opponents rallied Tuesday at the Minnesota Capitol to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Roe versus Wade court decision that legalized abortion but their ability to enact legislation took a hit in last year's election.

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