WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s derision of communities that oppose the construction of data centers as wanting to be “backwards and poor” has put some Minnesota Republicans in a tough spot. Data centers have rapidly become one of the defining issue... See more
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s decision to impose steep tariffs on a long list of goods from Canada is having an impact on the midterm elections, especially in northern border states. In Minnesota, the new trade war has not turned into a political ... See more
WASHINGTON – Many members of Minnesota’s Haitian community are facing a grim choice – abandon the life they’ve built in the United States and return to a dangerous, strife-torn country or go underground and risk deportation. And many Salvadorans living in... See more
WASHINGTON – Minnesota’s robust industry of intoxicating drinks and edibles made from THC in hemp got a reprieve late Monday from a looming federal ban on those products. The reprieve was included in a bill the U.S. Senate passed on a procedural vote. It ... See more
NEW ULM, Minn. – Years ago, a teacher who had never run for political office tried to unseat a Republican who seemingly had a lock on Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District. The Democrat, who is now Gov. Tim Walz, succeeded in 2006 in unseating the Republ... See more
