WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country’s chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering ...
Read More »Chutich wins full term on Supreme Court
Associate Justice Margaret Chutich has won election to a full term on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Chutich won 56 percent of the vote Tuesday to ...
Read More »Girl Scouts sue Boy Scouts over program’s name change
NEW YORK — The Girl Scouts of the United States of America filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Tuesday against the Boy Scouts of America for ...
Read More »Tribe challenges findings on Dakota Access pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. — The Standing Rock Sioux is challenging new government conclusions that the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline poses no significant environmental threats ...
Read More »Justices sound favorable to Alaska hunter with hovercraft
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday of the National Park Service’s authority to prevent an Alaskan moose hunter from using his motorized rubber ...
Read More »Florida passes amendment to restore felons’ voting rights
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida added 1.4 million possible voters to the rolls when it passed Amendment 4, which said most felons will automatically have ...
Read More »Tina Smith to finish Franken’s term
Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, who was appointed to take former Sen. Al Franken’s seat after he resigned, won Tuesday’s special election to finish the final ...
Read More »Tim Walz elected Minnesota governor
Democratic Rep. Tim Walz won Tuesday’s open election for Minnesota governor, defeating second-time Republican candidate Jeff Johnson to extend Democrats’ hold on the state’s top ...
Read More »Democrats take back state House, Republicans keep Senate
Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Daudt has conceded that Democrats will take back control of the chamber, while Republicans won a high-stakes special election to keep ...
Read More »Ellison elected Minnesota attorney general
Ellison survived an ex-girlfriend's accusation of domestic abuse.
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