ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota legislators wrapped up the 94th Legislative Session after three months of work in St. Paul. This session passed various bills, which included building an Office of Inspector General, funding for the Hennepin County Medical Center, and a $40 million longstanding housing assistance program to help Minnesotans pay their rent or mortgage. Moorhead Sen. Rob…
Eleven statewide and county commission candidates participate in a candidate forum in Lincoln on May 15, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)LINCOLN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Republicans and Democrats who are challenging incumbents for statewide office shared a stage Friday night in Lincoln to hear from voters about agriculture, property rights and energy issues. Nearly 75 people attended…
Public Service Commission candidates, clockwise from top left, Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, Jill Kringstad, Chris Olson, John Pederson, Scot Kelsh and Deven Styczynski. (Photos courtesy of the candidates)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Carbon pipelines could aid a new era of North Dakota oil production, but challengers running for seats on the agency that permits pipelines argue there are flaws in the…
Buffalo River State Park adjoins a 6,000-acre Bluestem Prairie Preserve. (Photo courtesy of Visit Fargo-Moorhead)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — A procedural hangup in the deadlocked Minnesota House threatens to derail nearly $200 million in funding for habitat conservation and restoration across the state. At a Capitol press conference Thursday, representatives from at least eight environmental groups implored lawmakers to put aside…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Hospitals and drug companies are engaged in an expensive influence battle at the State Capitol this year over an obscure provision known as 340B, with each side lining up an army of dark-suited lobbyists, and Big Pharma even spending on billboards in rural Minnesota, as well as TV and Instagram ads. The high-priced battle…
Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan, center, D-Fargo, speaks next to Gov. Kelly Armstrong, left, and Senate Majority Leader David Hogue, R-Minot, during a meeting of the Ethics Commission Selection Committee on May 14, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota leaders on Thursday appointed Mark Western to serve a full, four-year term on…
Jalyssa McLaughlin smiles during the Sitting Bull College graduation ceremony on May 14, 2026. McLaughlin, who graduated with a degree in business administration, delivered the student address. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)FORT YATES, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – New graduates of Sitting Bull College said proposed funding cuts to tribal colleges could mean losing schools where tribal citizens are…
(screenshot of video posted to X by Rep. Drew Roach)ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Minnesota House Republicans are calling for the removal of a Democratic lawmaker as tax chair after she apparently told another lawmaker to go kill himself. It came after Democrats were unable to bring a gun violence package to the floor for a vote late Thursday night….
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Access is likely to remain…
The Minnesota State Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders announced a deal late Wednesday on the big-ticket items the Legislature plans to pass this session, which ends on Sunday night. They provided few details, but Walz and some legislative leaders are holding press conferences Thursday….
