MinnPost photographer Bridget Bennett spent two days at Farmfest documenting the candidate forums, media scrums, and ...

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during Farmfest in Morgan, Minn., on Aug. 5, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost ...

WASHINGTON – A rift over the best candidate to run for retiring Sen. Tina Smith’s seat involving the national Republican Party and far-right political activist Laura Loomer was on display this week at ...

Plus: Minnesota's growth lags; Dawanna Witt threatened with arrest; more pillow talk with Mike Lindell; and more news in this roundup.

Minnesota joined 21 other states in suing the Trump administration this week over sharing of public assistance data.

Republicans will need to fend off motivated challengers for the House in sprawling districts that cover both Ely and Hermantown.

State Sen. Grant Hauschild and his Republican opponent, Andrea Zupancich, fear natural disasters and a declining tourism ...

Steve Sack is drawing again, and publishes an editorial cartoon, like this one on opposition to data centers, on MinnPost each Thursday.

Based on the events of the past five years in Minnesota and elsewhere, emergency management leaders must be ready for the unthinkable.

This state really isn’t an outlier, and by at least one measures it has one of the lowest rates of public corruption.

A long-shuttered prison in the Swift County town will hold up to 1,600 immigrant detainees, beginning this fall.

The law named after a murdered college student Laken Riley boosted the admin’s immigration powers. 18 months later, Dems are ...