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Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is rejecting a request to provide state voter roll data to a White House panel that’s studying voter fraud.
Liquor stores will be legally open in Minnesota on Sunday for the first time ever.
Simon skeptical of White House request for voter data
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon says he’s not sure he’ll turn over the data a White House panel wants for its study of voter fraud.
MN lawmakers predict Sunday liquor tweaking
With Sunday liquor store sales set to begin this weekend, lawmakers say they're already hearing from store owners who want expanded Sunday hours.
After a preliminary vote Wednesday, the Minneapolis city council is poised to adopt a minimum wage ordinance.
Some items of interest in today's political news.
Metropolitan Council Chair Adam Duininck is stepping down after leading the regional planning agency for the past two-and-a-half years.
All three branches of state government meet in a Ramsey County court room.
Some political stories in the news you may have missed over the weekend.
State Auditor Rebecca Otto says a formal filing with the Minnesota Supreme Court will be made Thursday, asking justices to overturn a 2015 audit privatization law.