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By this time next year, Minnesota might have quite a few new stores where people can buy marijuana in various forms. The goal is for an early 2025 rollout of licensed retail locations. But will there be enough supply to meet demand — and keep p
State lawmakers have budgeted to provide more than $23 billion to schools in the current budget — a 10 percent bump over the prior budget. But many districts say they’re still feeling a strain. How come? What is being done to improve literacy,
U.S. Representative Angie Craig won Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District seat in 2018, but she’s won two reelection races by single-digit percentage margins. She’s in for another costly and competitive race.MPR News host Brian Bakst talks wit
Updated: 2:40 p.m.Anti-trust cases, consumer protection actions, defense of newly passed state laws and ramped-up criminal prosecutions — it’s all on the plate of Minnesota’s attorney general.MPR News host Brian Bakst talks with Attorney Genera
A space shuttle could be touching down — metaphorically — in St. Cloud. Gov. Tim Walz last week said a donor had inquired about placing a space shuttle in central Minnesota. Walz told MPR News’ Politics Friday about the offer but gave few detai
There are two months to go in the Minnesota Legislature’s 2024 session, meaning high-level negotiations aren’t that far off.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz released a package of budget revisions this week and continues to make the case for other items
This week, MPR News host Brian Bakst sits down with DFL Rep. Zack Stephenson and DFL Sen. Erin Maye Quade to talk about a sports betting bill that’s garnered a lot of buzz at the Capitol. The bill would establish regulations for on-site and mob
MPR News host Brian Bakst is joined by Senate Capital Investment Committee Chair Sandra Pappas and Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City, the top Republican on the House Capital investment Committee. They’ll have big roles in shaping this year’s const
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are closing in on their nominations. Coming up Friday at noon, MPR News host Brian Bakst talks to DFL Party Chair Ken Martin and Republican Party Chair David Hann about their party’s likely preside
It’s the second year for the DFL trifecta at the State Capitol — but the party only has a one seat majority in the Senate and is led by a new face this year.Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy stepped into the role right as this year’s session b
The Legislature has gaveled in, and the Capitol is quiet no more. Minnesota Democrats had their way in passing an expansive agenda, from abortion protections to recreational cannabis to restored voting rights for people with felony pasts. DFLe
The 2024 election kicks off when the first votes of the presidential campaign are cast Monday night in Iowa, where Republicans are jockeying for support in that state’s caucuses.Will former President Donald Trump score the victory that eluded h
George Latimer is an iconic voice in Minnesota politics, and for some he is best known as a popular former mayor of Minnesota's capital city.Latimer was St. Paul’s mayor from 1976 to 1990 and still holds the record for the longest- serving mayo
For the first time in a decade the DFL had control of the House, Senate and governor's office — and they ran the table at the Capitol. In the last five months, the DFL passed legal marijuana, paid family and medical leave, renewable energy sta
Minnesota voters made history in Nov. 2022 when they elected three Black woman to the state senate — a first in the 165 years of Minnesota statehood. MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks with Sen. Zaynab Mohamed, DFL-Minneapolis, and Sen. Clare Ou
There's a lot of work going on at the Minnesota Capitol heading into what might be the final weekend of the 2023 legislative session. Several large bills are still being worked on by conference committees as lawmakers try to reach agreements o
Sen. Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic has held the slim DFL majority together on all the major issues, all while recovering from a recent cancer surgery. MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks to Sen. Dziedzic and Sen. Minority Leader Mark Johnson ab
Winter has taken its toll on Minnesota roads, leaving drivers to maneuver between dips and cracks in the street that seem to grow by the day. But making sure those potholes get filled is just one of the many issues involved with transportation.
The Legislature has spent much of this week passing elements of a new two-year state budget. They're working off a base of the current $52 billion budget and looking to add the $17.5 billion surplus to it. The House and Senate plans do not line
Washington has been in recess for the past couple weeks, allowing members like U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar to travel back to Minnesota. In that time, she has met with President Biden to champion the bipartisan Infrastructure Act and visited the
Attorney General Keith Ellison and Secretary of State Steve Simon are three months into their new four-year terms and they're already busy. Just yesterday, Ellison asked Gov. Walz to allow him to take over the prosecution of a Hennepin County
Minnesota lawmakers are moving forward with a public safety bill that funds big parts of the state’s criminal justice system. MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks to Rep. Kelly Moller, DFL-Shoreview, and Rep. Paul Novotny, R-Elk River, about the p
Two Democrats from northern Minnesota are key members of the DFL's slim majority and they’re facing tough votes on controversial issues including gun control, taxes and abortion. MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks to Sen. Grant Hauschild, DFL-Her
For years, Minnesota lawmakers have been working to legalize marijuana. The latest bill is still up for debate, but can a small DFL majority make it happen or will this bill go up in smoke? MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks to Rep. Zack Stephens
House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic, DFL-Minneapolis, have used their slim DFL majorities to break a logjam over progressive legislation. MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks to three of the mo
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