Having lost control of the Legislature and confronting a looming budget deficit, Democrats were forced to abandon plans to ...

Mankato and other Minnesota cities avoided cuts in state aid but saw previously promised revenue from future cannabis shops ...

Colleagues described Representative Melissa Hortman as a skilled, conciliatory lawmaker who was at once steely and warm.

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 ...