1) The state Senate passed its version of a measure meant to increase protections for working women, the St. Cloud Times reports. Those protections, which ...

A spike in in domestic abuse-related homicides has spurred a call for tougher rules.

His ouster came as a direct response to FitzSimmons’ role in amending last year’s same-sex marriage bill.

As he talked about meeting with thousands of potential voters on the campaign trail, Jason Metsa found himself using a certain word, and paused to acknowledge what it meant. “Those people are now my constituents,” he said.

The last two election cycles have witnessed wave elections for both parties that tilted the Minnesota House of Representatives in polar opposite directions.