U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Betty McCollum are among Minnesota legislators already facing potential challengers in the next primary.
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If done improperly or without adequate equipment, using solvents like butane to draw THC from marijuana buds can lead to massive explosions if a spark sets off the evaporated solvents. But there are safer methods to make THC concentrates.
Mayor Jacob Frey has vetoed a city ordinance that would have locked in higher pay for rideshare drivers, but he says Uber has now agreed to guarantee that its drivers make a minimum wage.
Sellers are sometimes wary of buyers with government-backed mortgages. It could be making Minnesota's racial homeownership gap worse.
To many Democrats it’s an unwelcome “distraction.”
The legislation only applies to projects inside, or within a mile of, environmental justice areas in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, Rochester, and Duluth. But the definition of an environmental justice area is expansive enough to cover the vast majority of those regions.
A new report describes a three-pillar plan to bolster public safety in the city of Minneapolis. Here are the details.
When calculating who has access to proper broadband, the federal government counts much slower internet speeds compared to Minnesota’s definition. As a result, the cash may be enough to hit federal goals for universal broadband, but not state ones.
Rent control advocates are still pondering their response after last week’s stunning setback, when City Council opponents killed the proposal with several supporters absent for the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Most hemp edibles and beverages remain legal under Minnesota's new cannabis law, but they'll face higher taxes and new testing.
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed a bill making Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize adult-use recreational marijuana.
The legislation, which is expected to be signed by Gov. Tim Walz in the coming days, would speed up the process for adopting new commercial building codes and put the state on a path to reducing energy use in new large buildings by 80% by 2036.
He previously served in high-ranking roles at the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The move is aimed at ensuring that a Senate controlled by a different party than a governor can no longer hold up confirmations as a threat.
Higher capital levels would 'address the underlying fragility of the banking sector.'
The bill sponsors said they think they still have enough DFL votes to approve the final bill and expect some Republicans to support it.
All of Minnesota’s members of the House filled their top D.C. office jobs with white staffers, exclusively.
The EPA’s new regulations propose reducing the 800 lbs. of mercury the taconite processors in Minnesota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula produce each year by 462 lbs.