Dana Ferguson

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has appointed members to a new state council tasked with documenting the impact of the federal immigration enforcement surge in the state. Walz appointed 13 people, including retired Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who will cha... See more

Next up for Minnesota’s major political parties: Primary contests in top-of-the-ballot races that could keep internal tensions raw well into summer. Both the DFL and Republican parties managed to make endorsements in races for governor, U.S. Senate and ot... See more

Minnesota Republicans spent almost a half-day and needed 10 ballots Saturday to endorse former health executive Kendall Qualls for governor, putting him in a strong position to be the party’s fall candidate if he can survive a summer primary. Qualls won a... See more

Minnesota Republicans will gather in Duluth this weekend to attempt to resolve a problem that’s eluded them for two decades: How to win a statewide race here. The party is working to come out of the political wilderness and sizing up a formula that can he... See more

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that it won't reinstate a law to ban certain gun trigger mechanisms nor will it take down the rest of the measures it was tacked onto when the restriction passed. Two years ago, the Minnesota Legislature passed... See more