Come January, Betsy Hodges will be moving into a new office and a new home.
The 44-year-old Ward 13 City Councilwoman will take over for Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and move in with her husband of two...
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview researchers will likely get a significant new source of stem cells soon — a proposal that has been discussed for years.
On Wednesday, the medical...
Legislators and state officials are considering revisions to policies regarding the way Minnesota treats sex offenders after they serve their criminal sentences.
The Senate’s Judiciary Committee...
Nearly 1,500 Minnesotans used Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s new online voter registration system last month, but the program’s legitimacy is under question.
Four Republican state...
Initial results from Tuesday’s Minneapolis municipal election show only about a quarter of voters in student-heavy wards showed up to the polls to vote for a new mayor, City Council members and other...
Ward 2 incumbent Cam Gordon secured four more years on the Minneapolis City Council on Tuesday when voters re-elected him for a third term. He has held the position since 2006.
Gordon, a member of the...
If they’re elected next week, Alicia Bennett and Tony Lane both hope to use the Minneapolis mayor’s office to garner support for a minimum wage increase.
Bennett, Lane and Rahn Workcuff are...
Some state legislators are planning to push this season to raise Minnesota’s hourly minimum wage, despite failed attempts last session.
Supporters say the increase would spur economic growth, while...
If Bill Kahn is elected mayor of Minneapolis, he said he’ll use his new power to eliminate the mayor’s office entirely.
Kahn is running against 34 other mayoral candidates, including James...
The Bell Museum of Natural History’s renovation was not included in the University of Minnesota’s 2014 capital budget request, but a state legislator still plans to advocate for state money...
When polls open in Minneapolis on Nov. 5, 35 mayoral candidates will be on the ballot, focusing on issues ranging from the Vikings Stadium to government reform.
Kurtis Hanna, John Hartwig, John Wilson,...
Minnesota legislators continued ongoing discussions about synthetic drug use in the state at a meeting Wednesday, hearing expert testimony on the use and sale of the drugs.
The experts’ presentations...
A new Minneapolis mayor will be elected in about four weeks, and as the race heats up, candidates are focusing on issues like the new Vikings stadium and the city’s education system.
Mark Anderson,...
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, DFL-Minneapolis, was arrested Tuesday during a protest on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Ellison sat down on Independence Avenue with other members of Congress...
A University of Minnesota professor’s proposal to solve the Syrian conflict is being discussed at the national level.
The U.S. Department of State asked political science professor Kathryn Sikkink...
Five of the 35 Minneapolis mayoral candidates will focus on issues like government spending, public safety and alternative forms of energy if elected.
Troy Benjegerdes, Don Samuels, Cam Winton, Bob Fine...
For the first time in 17 years, the U.S. federal government has shut down.
Nonessential federal offices and departments will close their doors, agencies will run on minimal staff, and several programs...
With less than seven weeks until Election Day, mayoral candidates are getting out to tell constituents about changes they’ll make in Minneapolis if elected to succeed Mayor R.T. Rybak.
Seven mayoral...
Audience members asked the mayoral candidates questions to guide the discussion Thursday – many questioned the city’s police system.
Mayoral candidates Mark Andrew, Jackie Cherryhomes, Dan...
A group of Minneapolis mayoral candidates are joining forces to share their platforms and use the city’s ranked-choice voting system to fight the status quo.
The group, known as the “Mayoral...
Minneapolis will test a ranked-choice voting system this election year – a balloting method used by less than 20 cities nationwide.
Proponents of ranked-choice voting say it will lead to more candidates...
University of Minnesota neighborhoods are requesting infested trees be removed as part of a citywide effort to combat invasive insects.
Minneapolis officials are working to eradicate the emerald ash borer,...
Hussein Samatar, a leader in Minneapolis' Somali-American community, died from leukemia on Sunday, MPR News reports. He was 45.
The first Somali-American elected to public office in Minnesota, Samatar...
