Minnesota will elect a new governor this year. Party primaries today will decide the options for voters in the fall.

The Minnesota Vikings have chosen Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback over J.J. McCarthy, according to a person with ...

Candice Wold, left, and Kylie Cooper watch election results during Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s primary election night gathering at First Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

The race to fill the seat a U.S. Senate seat has led to an expensive, often caustic DFL primary between Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and U.S. Rep. Angie Craig. On the GOP side, former sports broadcaster ...

A crew member working to contain the wildfires burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area has died of a medical emergency. It’s the first fatality in the month-long firefighting effort.

Right to repair would allow St. Paul renters to take smaller repairs into their own hands — if a landlord does not — and get reimbursed. Believing the measure may violate state law, the city appealed ...

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News guest host Catharine Richert and two political strategists discuss what Tuesday’s primary election results mean for Minnesota politics and the November ...

The Democratic Party's ideological divide is moving into new territory. In Tuesday's election, the main contest is in swing state Wisconsin where democratic socialist Francesca Hong wants to become ...

What does it take to help a neighborhood thrive? Coming up at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Pillsbury United Communities’ new CEO Signe Harriday about youth programs, food ...

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If the internet were a physical highway, “the 511 Building in downtown is the largest, most critical highway intersection in the upper Midwest.” A client there has confirmed the Aug. 6 ...

Tuesday’s primary will winnow candidate fields and set the November ballot. There are competitive races for nominations for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Legislature.