The Minnesota Legislature was cutting it close, as usual, on Wednesday. While most of the state’s budget bills have been passed and signed, legislators were still working on an education funding bill that will pump $1.2 billion more into the state’s classrooms over the next four years. This ...

Critical Race Theory, or CRT, has become the latest point of contention in our particularly contentious society. Conservatives and liberals argue about what it is, and what it is going to do to our country. Conservatives feel it is a wild-eyed, marxist condemnation of White people as racists ...

The agreement Minnesota legislators reached on the public safety budget bill over the weekend contains some police reforms, but not enough for those pressing for changes in the way police interact with the public. The agreement contains regulation of no-knock warrants, creating a police ...

The Minnesota legislative special session seems on its way to finish work on the state budget bills before the July 1 government shutdown date. Legislative leaders announced an agreement on the last contentious issue, the police accountability measures included in the public safety ...

We first enjoyed all the smiles more than two weeks ago in back of the Runnings store in Marshall. After a year-long pandemic spoiled our annual community-sponsored festivals and fairs, we were allowed to gather again. The Shades of the Past car show was back. It seemed like there were more ...

There are signs the budget logjam is breaking at the Minnesota State Capitol, as some of the budget bills are beginning to advance. The Senate approved the Ag budget bill by a wide margin on Tuesday, after it was approved by the House last Saturday. It is heading to the governor. Better ...