Politics

Lawmakers are discussing several measures to solve the problem of unexpected medical bills, which can wreak havoc in consumers' lives. Here's our guide to the current roster of proposed legislation.

A new governor and new makeup of the Minnesota Legislature must pass a balanced budget by May and navigate a host of other contentious issues. Here's your guide to following along this year -- the key players, the issues to watch and more.

The only agreement that followed a White House meeting between the president and Democrats was that the other side was responsible for the breakdown in infrastructure negotiations.

The Legislature will head soon into special session to vote on a final version of a new two-year state budget, which was assembled largely behind closed doors.

Never before has the U.S. census directly asked for the citizenship status of every person living in every household. The question the Trump administration wants on the 2020 census could change that.

A roundup of political news from around the region.

American farmers rely heavily on selling their goods overseas. As the trade war heats up again, many Midwest soybean farmers have huge surpluses and are receiving government aid.

Funding for higher education was the only budget bill state lawmakers passed before the end of the session. For the state's higher ed systems that means an end to the uncertainty over funding.

Explore the full results of the midterm election.

A budget compromise provides a 2 percent general education funding formula increase in each year of the biennium. But some say it isn't enough.

DFL Rep. Betty McCollum wants the federal government to complete a study on the impacts of copper-nickel mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and forbid any mining activity until its complete.

Leaders pledged that the process would be more open, transparent and timely this year, but once again the 2019 session ended with unfinished business and many issues undone.

It has to be approved by a 60 percent vote in the Legislature -- and this wasn't supposed to be a bonding year.

Rounding up news from the Capitol and elsewhere in the world of politics.

"Our subpoenas are not optional," House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler said. "This committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him."

Lawmakers limped to the finish of the 2019 session Monday night knowing they will have to come back in a special session to finish work on a new two-year state budget.

How important is the idea of national unity or common identity? And how important is it for immigrants to bring -- and share -- some of their cultural identity and language?

New fees on drug companies will generate $20 million per year to fight the opioid addiction crisis.

The decision comes amid a widespread effort by the White House and the president's lawyers to refuse to cooperate with congressional requests for information and records.