Gov. Tim Walz speaking at Monday's press conference as, from left, Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter, state economist Laura Kalambokidis, and Assistant Commissioner Ahna Minge, look on....

State Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (DFL-49B, Eden Prairie) said she is a “proud co-author” of Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) legislation for the third biennium in a row. State Rep. Carlie...

Hiring and keeping staff has been the greatest challenge for the Stay ’n Play child care centers in Litchfield and Willmar. Pay is typically around $15 an hour, including a $2 bonus that stems from...

The conversation about providing school lunch and breakfast for all Minnesota students has been carried on at two levels: one on food, one that dips into the arcane nature of school funding. One has...

Minnesota state Sens. Steve Cwodzinski and Aric Putnam talk with BARR board member Gail Toatley, a former assistant principal at Eden Prairie High School. Cwodzinski and Putnam are two of the bill's co-sponsors...

A major elections reform bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature would protect the freedom to vote and make it harder to run political advertisements without saying who paid for them. The House...

Rep. Brad Tabke said he wrecked his pickup on the first day of the legislative session, so he’s been regularly riding the light rail from downtown Minneapolis to the state Capitol, and it’s been an...

With Gov. Tim Walz’s signature on Tuesday, state Democrats codified the right to abortion and reproductive health care for all residents in Minnesota law. Full stop. No exceptions. “The message...

Amara Strande (right) testifies before the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee Jan. 31 in support of a bill that would prohibit PFAS in children’s products. Copyright...

“This is a balanced budget, but it is far more than that,” Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday in the fourth of five events convened over the past week or so to roll out different segments of the plan. “It...

State Sen. Kelly Morrison, a doctor who practices obstetrics and gynecology, shown speaking last Friday during a Reproductive Freedom Caucus press conference.MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan As Minnesota...

The bill legalizing marijuana in Minnesota is 243 pages plus appendices. While it relies on a dozen existing state agencies, it also creates a new one with sweeping authority and perhaps unrealizable...