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Mower to receive broadband grant money as part of $53M package announced by Gov. Walz
Published 4:25pm Wednesday, March 6, 2024Governor Tim Walz has announced over $50 million in grants to expand broadband access to an estimated 8,900 homes and businesses throughout Minnesota and Mower ... Read more
Walz calls for more resources to prevent opioid overdose deaths, including Naloxone access
Published 5:46pm Tuesday, February 27, 2024By Estelle Timar-Wilcox At a roundtable discussion on the opioid crisis on Monday, Gov. Tim Walz said he wants to put more resources towards overdose ... Read more
Walz signs his first bill of the 2-week-old legislative session, fixes error to save taxpayers $350M
Published 8:54pm Monday, February 26, 2024ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Walz signed his first bill of the two-week-old 2024 legislative session on Monday, a correction to last year’s main tax ... Read more
Minnesota’s school resource officer debate could come to a head this week
Published 1:22pm Monday, February 19, 2024By Dana Ferguson A proposed change to a law prohibiting prone restraints on Minnesota students is expected to make its final committee stops this week ... Read more
Minnesota community mourns 2 officers, 1 firefighter killed at the scene of a domestic call
Published 7:38am Monday, February 19, 2024BURNSVILLE — A suburban Minneapolis community was in mourning on Monday after authorities said two police officers and a firefighter were killed by a heavily ... Read more
Commissioners approve resolution asking that new flag, seal decision be rescinded
Published 6:41pm Tuesday, February 13, 2024Commissioners ask that decision be opened up for more public input The Mower County Board of Commissioners, during their meeting Tuesday morning, unanimously approved a ... Read more
Law enforcement in schools dominates 1st day of the Minnesota Legislature’s 2024 session
Published 8:29pm Monday, February 12, 2024ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature convened Monday with lawmakers fast-tracking legislation to fix a law enacted last year that limits the powers ... Read more
After bountiful 2023 session, Minnesota legislative leaders say agenda is leaner this year
Published 8:48am Monday, February 12, 2024By Dana Ferguson After the 2023 legislative session delivered a smorgasbord of policy and spending wins for Minnesota Democrats and their allies, legislative leaders are ... Read more
DFL lawmakers offer a fix on rules around school officers restraining students
Published 10:59pm Wednesday, February 7, 2024By Elizabeth Shockman and Dana Ferguson Minnesota DFLers are laying out a proposal they say will clarify lingering issues left over from last session around the controversial ... Read more
DFLer Erin Murphy picked as new Senate majority leader on cusp of session start
Published 8:48am Wednesday, February 7, 2024By Dana Ferguson Sen. Erin Murphy will lead the Minnesota Senate DFL Caucus during the 2024 legislative session, members of the 34-member group decided Tuesday. ... Read more
Minnesota leaders urge families to explore eligibility for new child tax credit
Published 6:21pm Tuesday, February 6, 2024By Dana Ferguson After state lawmakers last year approved a new $900 million child tax credit program, they are making the case to families to ... Read more
State Fair and Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation accepting Century Farm applications
Published 6:21pm Tuesday, February 6, 2024Minnesota families who have owned their farms for 100 years or more are invited to apply for the 2024 Century Farm Program. Produced by the ... Read more
IRS gives Minnesota a final ‘no’ on exempting state tax rebates from federal taxes
Published 1:15pm Thursday, February 1, 2024MINNEAPOLIS — The Internal Revenue Service says the nearly $1 billion in state tax rebates sent to more than 2 million Minnesotans last fall will ... Read more
Taylor Drift and Clark W. Blizzwald take top honors in Minnesota snowplow-naming contest
Published 6:22pm Tuesday, January 30, 2024RICHFIELD — Travelers in northwestern Minnesota can shake off their trepidation about hitting the winter roads knowing Taylor Drift is clearing a path ahead of ... Read more
Minnesota governor appointed 1st cannabis chief with incomplete background information, audit says
Published 1:21pm Saturday, January 27, 2024ST. PAUL — The Minnesota governor’s office did not have complete information about the woman the governor appointed as director of Minnesota’s new marijuana regulatory ... Read more