The Legislature is in full speed as it wraps its first week with a full House and Senate, with over 2,000 bills already introduced ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced on Thursday that she will not run for reelection next year.

U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) announced Thursday she will not be running for re-election to the Senate in 2026.

Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirements ahead of the midterms in 2026, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

As Trump takes aim at core Democratic policies, Martin’s task as DNC chair is to get the party to coalesce around common ...

The first House fraud committee meeting indicated that Republicans and DFLers are divided, at least on who is to blame.

Despite an overwhelming response to the third annual Black Entrepreneurs Day at the Capitol on Feb. 3, Sheletta Brundidge created a sort of Black Entrepreneurs Day 2.0 with a lunch at Erta Ale ...

In the waning days of last year’s legislative session, it seemed that an agreement may have been reached, but the legislation still did not pass. S.F. 757, authored by Sen. Matt Klein, picks up where ...

A group of Minnesota lawmakers has proposed banning cellphones in public schools throughout the day for K-8 students and ...

The group 'Sheletta Makes Me Laugh' hosted the first event at the Capitol on Monday, but that was before any DFL lawmakers ...

Minnesota's junior U.S. Senator is not seeking reelection. Tina Smith, a Democrat, made the announcement on Thursday via a ...

State Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Maple Grove, called to order the first meeting of the new House Fraud Prevention and State ...