Politics Friday

Craig, Flanagan meet for final debate before primary

DFL U.S. Senate hopefuls U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan met for a live debate Monday on MPR News. Senate debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYHG

Politics Friday Special: Democrats and Republicans convene for their party conventions

Thousands of the most politically involved Minnesotans are trading a leisurely spring weekend for the rough-and-tumble of indoor state party conventions. They're weighi

Politics Friday: Walz weighs in on the work left to do for the remainder of his term

Minnesota lawmakers have headed home for the year. The Legislature adjourned earlier this week after enacting some priorities and setting others to the side. Some bills

Politics Friday: Minnesota lawmakers reach a session-ending deal, now race to get it through

Minnesota lawmakers are filling in the details of a legislative budget agreement struck this week and will have to hustle to pass the bills needed to enact it. If they d

Politics Friday: Amy Klobuchar lays out plans in her DFL governor's campaign

The Legislature will end its session this month. Lawmakers don’t have a choice; the Minnesota Constitution requires them to wrap it up. The political parties both hold

Politics Friday: Taking stock of Minnesota's session, campaign as May decision points near

The Legislature will end its session this month. Lawmakers don’t have a choice; the Minnesota Constitution requires them to wrap it up. The political parties both hold

Will Michele Tafoya's public profile transfer to politics?

There’s an open seat in the U.S. Senate, and Republicans are trying to do something they haven’t since 2006: Win a statewide election. Both parties are working to figure

Keeping up with the legal jousting between state, federal governments

Minnesota is suing — and has been sued — a lot. There are cases over health care funding, immigration, clean energy policy, election laws, tariffs, diversity policies a

High tensions at the Capitol as lawmakers tick down the to-do list

The pace will crank up at the Minnesota Capitol next week. With fewer than six weeks before the required legislative adjournment, packages of policy and spending measur

Politics Friday: 3 congressional candidates vying for their party's endorsement

Minnesota’s eight U.S. House seats don’t change hands all that often, but after November’s midterm election one seat certainly will. The state’s 2nd Congressional Distr

Politics Friday: Mike Lindell 'all in' for Minnesota's governor's race with Trump backing or not

Local party conventions around Minnesota are shaping top political races. Delegates are being selected for the state endorsing conventions at the end of May. So candida

Politics Friday: Consumer safeguards gain bipartisan support at the Capitol

The first big deadline for action in the 2026 legislative session is quickly approaching at the Capitol. While committee hearings will be churning at full steam next we

At the Capitol, a slate of immigration bills to respond to ICE surge

It’s been about a month since White House Official Tom Homan announced a drawdown of federal immigration officers in Minnesota, but the news from a fearful public and gro

Tax debate picks up at Capitol as lawmakers discuss state-federal mismatches

Federal law changes provided new breaks for income derived from overtime and tips. Other business tax cuts were approved last year, too. Now Minnesota lawmakers are deba

Lawmakers push for proposals to tackle fraud, receive new economic forecast

There’s been a strong focus on an issue of ongoing concern in the state: Fraud, and what to do about it.  Lots of fraud-fighting ideas are floating around the Capitol. S

Politics Friday: First week of session opens with Hortman tribute, focus on tragic events

The Minnesota Legislature’s 2026 session started with reflection about the deadly shootings that killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.  Another lawmak

Politics Friday: Lawmakers outline their priorities for the 2026 legislative session

Minnesota lawmakers will face constituent pressure to take action on some potent issues from guns control, immigration, fraud, taxes and more as the convene the 2026 sess

Politics Friday: Thousands attend Minnesota caucuses to weigh in on issues, governor candidates

Tens of thousands of voters across Minnesota convened at schools, community centers and other gathering places to pick their preferred candidates for governor. They als

Special episode: Sen. Hoffman reflects on a long healing process after shooting

For the first time, we’re hearing a detailed account of the shooting that seriously wounded State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, last summer. It was the same nigh

Politics Friday: Tim Walz exit, ICE shooting puts glaring national spotlight on Minnesota

In any other week, at any other time, the abrupt end of a governor’s reelection campaign would be the kind of momentous story that dominates the headlines for many days —