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Gov. Tim Walz signed the biggest construction borrowing plan in state history Wednesday, saying it resulted from compromise and will goose the economy.

Inspired by the protests following the police killing of George Floyd, high school students and recent graduates are pushing for anti-racist changes to curriculum, school boards and school discipline. And in some schools, their strategies appear to be working this fall.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren't welcome in the classroom. The three schools, in Minnesota, Indiana and Virginia, are affiliated with People of Praise.

Managing classroom chaos — and anxiety — are just some of the usual challenges that come with being a first year teacher. But this year, those new teachers also have to master remote learning and managing all of the extra health protocols.

The debate likely marks President Donald Trump's last chance to reach a massive audience as he trails Joe Biden in polls nationally and in key states.

A court filing said many of the parents are presumed to no longer be in the United States. Efforts to locate them have been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the filing.

Zoom allows audiences to see incarcerated writers reading their work in the annual event from the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshops. Also essential worker portraits and coronavirus-inspired operas.

The director of national intelligence and FBI director said on Wednesday night that U.S. officials believe Iranian influence-mongers are behind an election-intimidation scam.

Democrats see Mitch McConnell's rush to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as unprecedented and "outrageous," but they have little power to stop it in a GOP-controlled Senate.

"What we do these next 13 days will matter for decades to come," the former president underscored.

The Justice Department's lawsuit against Google is the clearest sign yet of the "Techlash" that has politicians on both sides of the aisle bristling at the power of Silicon Valley.

Negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill are inching forward, but it’s clear that the window for action before the Nov. 3 election is closing and the issue will be tossed to a postelection lame-duck session of Congress. 

After 2016, nothing will make Democrats feel secure in the final weeks of a presidential election. For Joe Biden's campaign, which doesn't want voters to be complacent, the anxiety is OK.

Side-by-side comparisons of the Democratic and Republican candidates running for Minnesota’s most hotly contested political races.

Workers in the energy sector face two paths: The oil industry offers big salaries but more volatility, while clean energy pays less but provides more stability and a sense of mission.

How does your vote matter if you don't live in a presidential battleground state? There are plenty of other races where your vote still makes a difference. 

New research has found few links between in-person K-12 schooling and COVID-19 case rates. "There is not a consistent pattern," one study author said.

Critics say the settlement doesn't hold company executives or members of the Sackler family accountable for their aggressive marketing of Oxycontin which helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic.