Breaking news: Republican state Rep. Jim Knoblach has abruptly ended his re-election campaign as MPR News prepared to publish detailed accusations from his adult daughter of what she described as his inappropriate behavior toward her since childhood
It’s law:
@GovTimWalz
signed the universal school meals bill this afternoon. It will provide free breakfast and lunch to Minnesota students at no charge. The state will become the fourth in the country to do so. 📸 by
@benjovland
.
BREAKING: The Minnesota Senate has passed the PRO Act, which would guarantee a right to abortion into state law pending Gov. Walz's expected signature.
Even if a future court reverses guarantees abortion access, services would be protected.
Thomas Spence was looking for moose to photograph near Tofte when he came upon a Canada lynx standing in the road. Then a second lynx came from the woods. Then another and another and another
A man is dead after being shot by police during a traffic stop on Sunday in the Twin Cities suburb of Brooklyn Center, and a large crowd gathered at the scene Sunday evening to protest the shooting
BREAKING: Effective immediately, Gov. Tim Walz has signed the PRO Act into law, guaranteeing the right to abortion in Minnesota despite any future laws challenging it.
It also includes access to birth control, sterilization and family planning support.
Some have suggested without evidence that antifa demonstrators may have disguised themselves as Trump supporters for the siege on the Capitol. The mob that overran Congress and clashed with police was made up of Trump supporters, not left-wing groups.
Just in: The Minnesota House has passed the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act. The act prohibits extraditing, arresting or releasing medical records of people from other states who obtain a legal abortion in Minnesota. It now moves to Senate committees for a vote.
On MPR News Thursday, Rep.
@IlhanMN
said she believes President Trump is an “imminent threat” to democracy and should be promptly removed from office. Listen to the full interview:
“(Trump's) nightmare is seeing the beautiful mosaic fabric of our country welcome someone like me as their member of Congress,"
@IlhanMN
says. "We are going to continue being a nightmare to this president because his policies are a nightmare to us.”
Just in: The Minnesota House passed the trans refuge act. It creates legal protections for those who travel to Minnesota for gender-affirming care. The bill now goes to Senate committees, then to Gov. Walz if it passes, who says he supports it. MN would be the 4th refuge state.
Saga Vanecek, 8, who used to call Minneapolis home, went to the lake, took a dip, started throwing stones to see how far they’d skip, then pulled a 1,500-year-old sword with apparent Viking ancestry out of the lake.
“The reality is [Trump] is threatened because we are inspiring people to dream about a country that recognizes our dignity, our humanity,”
@IlhanMN
told a crowd shortly after getting off her plane Thursday
“Islam teachA local Muslim faith chapter hosted its annual blood drive Wednesday near the state Capitol to honor victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
Knoblach's daughter, Laura, alleges that the prominent legislator inappropriately touched her for most of her life, with her first memories starting when she was 9 years old.
JUST IN: The House passed a bill providing free breakfast and lunch in Minnesota schools. One in six students in Minnesota experience food insecurity. The Senate is moving a similar bill toward a vote, and Gov. Tim Walz supports the push.
BREAKING: Republican Jim Schultz has conceded to DFLer Keith Ellison. Ellison wins reelection for Minnesota attorney general and will serve a second term.
#Election2022
"Betty Whiteout" will join the snowplow ranks with other winners like...
“Ctrl Salt Delete"
“The Big Leplowski”
“Scoop Dogg”
“Edward Blizzardhands”
Find out which newly-named plow will grace your neck of the woods:
Former Minnesota Supreme Court justice and NFL Hall-of-Famer Alan Page is one of seven individuals who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week, the White House announced today
Despite regular attacks on her from President Trump and Republican opponents, Rep.
@IlhanMN
doesn't think being the focus of a national political spotlight is as bad as it could be.
Listen to her full interview with
@AngelaDavisMPR
here:
"I grew up in Minnesota and I feel like Minnesota has 100 percent changed from the Minnesota I grew up in. And that's why so many people are leaving," Ginnelle Edgette said.
Mayo researchers expect to release an antibody test that would tell whether a person has had and recovered from COVID-19 on Monday.
The tests would help public health officials understand the scope of the outbreak.
When
@amyklobuchar
talks about how she has "receipts," she doesn't mean she's literally walking around with paper receipts. She's using the slang in reference to accountability
If he:
-Scales the side of your building
-Is a low-level celeb
-Has a St. Paul Saints game night named in his honor
-Sometimes eats trash
He's not your valentine, he's the MPR News raccoon.
BREAKING: A Hennepin Co. judge has dismissed one of the murder charges against former Mpls. police officer Derek Chauvin. The judge granted Chauvin's motion to dismiss the 3rd-degree murder charge. The most serious charge, 2nd-degree murder, and the manslaughter charge remain.
Just in: Federal jury finds Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, a one-time Minnesota Republican political operative and top donor, guilty on all counts of sex trafficking five girls, ages 15 and 16.
Who are the people deciding Chauvin's fate? The jury is made up of 3 Black men, including 2 who are immigrants; 1 Black woman; 2 women who identify as multiracial; 2 white men; and 4 white women. Here's what we know about the 12 jurors.
In a written statement, Knoblach, 60, called the allegations "indescribably hurtful" and said he would work toward healing his family.
"I love my children more than anything, and would never do anything to hurt them. Her allegations are false," Knoblach wrote.
Gov. Tim Walz will announce a statewide order later Wednesday requiring Minnesotans to wear masks in restaurants, stores and other public indoor gathering spaces. It will take effect on Saturday.
Minnesota lawmakers appear poised to pass a bill requiring Minnesota public schools serving students in grades four through 12 to provide free pads, tampons or other menstrual products to students in all restrooms.
🥶 How icy was it today? Well, let’s ask Tim Morrison in Bloomington who slid down his driveway to test it out. Minnesota … we can’t make this up. Video provided by Nathan Morrison.
A majority of Minnesotans are unhappy with President Donald Trump's performance in office and think he's untruthful, according to a new MPR News/Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.
"There was a senator, I think it was after my pancreatic cancer, who announced, with great glee, that I was going to be dead within 6 months," RBG recalled. "That senator, whose name I have forgotten, is now dead himself, and I am very much alive."
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday vowed to find answers and “seek justice” after viewing a video showing a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on the neck of a man in custody who later died.
The famous slippers, worn by Judy Garland's character Dorothy as she clicked her heels and repeated "there's no place like home," have been missing since August of 2005, when they were stolen in a smash-and-grab burglary at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn.
AP: DFLer Leigh Finke wins the election for House District 66A. Finke will be the first transgender person to serve in the Minnesota House.
#Election2022
"I think oftentimes you have to make a choice: Whether you'll be a punching bag or you'll be somebody who's strong and stands up for themselves and for others," U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar tells NPR
Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday a joint effort by Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota to rapidly increase the state’s testing capacity to be able to test 20,000 Minnesotans per day.
Just in: The Minnesota House voted to ban conversion therapy for youth and "vulnerable adults." The bill will now go to the DFL controlled Senate and then to Gov. Walz if it passes, who has said he will sign it.
U.S. Rep.
@IlhanMN
and other "squad" members are headed to northern Minnesota to voice their opposition of Line 3, calling on Biden to halt its construction.
As dozens of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building and violently clashed with police in D.C., a group of protesters gathered in front of the Minnesota State Capitol Wednesday for a rally in support of the president. Read the latest:
.
@IlhanMN
's rise has been swift — from a single term in the Minnesota House to a recognizable face around the world. She began her pursuit of a 2nd term Thursday, midway through a groundbreaking yet turbulent first term and with a long slate of opponents
For the first time, Minnesota is helping young adults who experienced foster care at any point after turning 13 pay for the full cost of attending public, private and tribal colleges here.
Lakeville’s Regan Smith just broke the world record in the women's 200-meter backstroke at the world swimming championships 👏 👏 👏 The 17-yr-old won her semifinal heat in 2:03.35, erasing the old mark of 2:04.06 set by Missy Franklin at the 2012 Olympics
Twin Cities native Jawar Mohammed is on hunger strike after being imprisoned on terrorism charges in Ethiopia. A group of Minnesota state senators is calling on federal officials to help release Mohammed.
Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was arrested, along with 17 other members of Congress, during a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.
Joe Biden’s record-large margin of 322,000 votes from Hennepin County alone was bigger than the 310,000 votes Donald Trump won in all of the 74 Minnesota counties he won combined.
#Election2020
The St. Louis Park City Council did not vote to take away anyone's right to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Council members voted late last month to stop reciting the pledge at the start of its biweekly meetings
Outrage is growing in the Great State of Minnesota where our Patriots are now having to fight for the right to say the Pledge of Allegiance. I will be fighting with you!
@foxandfriends
As an 11 p.m. curfew took effect in Brooklyn Center last night, authorities did not advance on protesters. Instead, the remaining crowd protesting the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright left on its own as the night went on
The U.S. Supreme court delivered a major blow to gay-rights advocates on Monday, ruling that a Colorado baker may refuse to bake custom wedding cakes for same-sex couples.
What's it like to clear two feet of snow from a driveway?
If you live in Duluth -- you may be living through that today.
If you live elsewhere -- photographer Derek Montgomery captured the experience in a time-lapse video. Sit back, and see how it's done.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is installing 12 signs to mark the boundaries of a treaty signed in 1854 by three tribal nations and the U.S. government
Gov. Tim Walz on Friday gave his formal consent to letting refugees settle in Minnesota and said he rejected the intent of President Trump’s executive order requiring state and local governments to formally OK such settlements.
A Republican state senator from North Dakota took to Facebook to post a long-debunked photo that claims to be Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar holding a weapon at an al-Qaida training camp.
Being black in America: "We can't go jogging without worrying about being lynched; we can't go bird-watching without having the police called. ... Our children can't go outside and play without us worrying about them being gunned down..."