Minnesota hourly school workers will continue to have access to summer unemployment insurance (or UI) benefits for the next ...

JD Vance casts tie-breaking vote as Senate passes ‘big, beautiful’ bill - The Independent was on Capitol Hill overnight as ...

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) charted a successful pitch last year on cost issues --- from the center. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) still remembers her best tip ever, when she was a college student ...

With their majority control of Congress, Republicans are trying to push the package past unified Democratic opposition.

In an era where safety precautions and online abuse are often part of the job, young American lawmakers wonder if politics is just too dangerous as a career.

Lawmakers in some states are moving to delete their home addresses from online directories after one Minnesota legislator was ...

Minnesota shootings of lawmakers spark urgent security discussions in Congress, with representatives exploring protection options and criticizing safety measures ...

June 15, 2025 Updated Sun., June 15, 2025 at 9:52 p.m. State Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, at a Minnesota Senate Human Services Committee hearing on March 6, 2024, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Melissa Hortman lived the deep partisan divide that Americans talk about every day as a Minnesota House member.

A gunman impersonating a police officer shot and killed Democratic former Minnesota House Speaker Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Saturday morning at their home after wounding Democratic ...