Melissa Hortman’s power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Minnesota Legislature was a far cry from her job as a teenager making chili-cheese burritos and overshadowed her ...

Lawmakers reduced spending by $5 billion to help prepare the state for shortfalls expected later in the decade, but they also ...

State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the House’s Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday.

The 2025 special session for the House ended late Monday evening with a mixed bag of legislation that I will classify as both ...

Friends and neighbors, With the conclusion of the special session, Minnesotans now have a clearer picture of where our state is headed. After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the Legislature ...

Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) and Maggee Hangge, policy associate at MCC, invited The Catholic Spirit into the conference’s offices in ...

States that offer health coverage to low-income adult immigrants are taking steps to pause or end the programs, citing higher ...

Connecticut will spend an estimated $30 million and $11 million, respectively, to cover children and women who are postpartum ...

The legislature passed a number of new policies as part of the broader spending bills that will fund the government over the next two years.

The special session is over, but federal health care cuts could force state lawmakers to revisit the budget they just passed. That's because Minnesota could lose half a billion dollars a year in ...

During his remarks in a press briefing today, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz celebrated after the Minnesota legislature passed a two-year budget. Walz stated, It's a "sausage-making situation." ...

The special legislative session that wrapped up Monday in St. Paul wasn’t one where everyone came away happy, area legislators said. However, Rep. Chris Swedzinski and Sen. Gary Dahms said that while ...