Latest Minnesota state government News

AP Race Call: Democrat Kelly Morrison wins election to U.S. House in Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District

Nov. 06, 2024 00:16 AM EST

Democrat Kelly Morrison won election to a U.S. House seat representing Minnesota on Tuesday. Morrison is an OB-GYN and abortion rights advocate from Deephaven who resigned from the Minnesota Senate in June to run for Congress. She won the suburban Minneapolis 3rd District seat being vacated by Democratic Rep....

Hmong Minnesotans who support Tim Walz hope to sway fellow Hmong communities in swing states

Oct. 09, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

As co-founder and executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association in Minnesota, Janssen Hang has met Gov. Tim Walz several times. It's usually been on farmland with Walz in his trademark red flannel shirt. “I’ve seen that red flannel multiple times.” Hang said,...

Minnesota Supreme Court weighs whether a woman going topless violates an indecent exposure law

Oct. 09, 2024 14:01 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman's misdemeanor conviction for going topless in public should be overturned because female breasts are not defined as “private parts” by the state's indecent exposure statute, her attorney told the state Supreme Court. Eloisa Plancarte was...

Minnesota state senator pleads not guilty to burglarizing stepmother's home

Aug. 28, 2024 17:51 PM EDT

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her father's death. Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury, was charged in April. She told police at the time that...