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Cops, Courts & Fires

Lazzaro’s former friend sends prosecutors texts, photos as sex trafficking trial nears end

A former friend of one-time Minnesota Republican Party operative and key donor Anton “Tony” Lazzaro gave the FBI text messages and other new evidence on ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Thursday, March 30, 2023 5:36 am

Education

Minnesota schools in line for big funding year

It’s shaping up as a banner year for schools in the Minnesota budget with billions of new dollars earmarked for education. Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Thursday, March 30, 2023 5:31 am

News

Minnesota Twins unveil new made-in-Minnesota scoreboard

Minnesota Twins fans will notice some changes at Target Field for the team’s 14th season at the stadium, including a new scoreboard. Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 2:22 pm

News

Temporary quarters for Walz stir uproar over state dollars

An upcoming move by Gov. Tim Walz and his family from St. Paul to Sunfish Lake, Minn. has caused a political dustup, largely over the ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 6:15 pm

Cops, Courts & Fires

Final three alleged trafficking victims testify against former GOP operative, Anton Lazzaro

Prosecutors are expected to rest their case Tuesday in the sex trafficking trial of Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, 32, a former Minnesota Republican Party operative and ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, March 27, 2023 9:30 pm

News

Legislature sets out to build a budget — a big one

It’s officially budget bill season in the Minnesota Legislature. Category-by-category spending packages will roll out this week. The plans all have to fit within limits agreed ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, March 27, 2023 5:21 am

News

Walz family trades Summit Ave for lakeside home during renovation

By Brian Bakst, Minnesota Public Radio News Politics, they say, makes strange bedfellows. It takes on new meaning in the case of DFL Gov. Tim ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, March 27, 2023 5:17 am

Health Updates

Three years after Minnesota’s initial COVID-19 shutdown, impacts persist

Three years ago Saturday, Governor Walz issued Minnesota’s initial COVID-19 shelter in place order, telling Minnesotans to stay at home for two weeks. This followed ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, March 27, 2023 5:15 am

Cops, Courts & Fires

Woman testifies Anton Lazzaro gave her cash, gifts when she brought teens to him

A woman who admitted recruiting and grooming high school girls for a one-time Minnesota Republican Party operative said in trial testimony Thursday that Anton “Tony” ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Thursday, March 23, 2023 5:30 pm

News

Walz seizes time on national scene to contrast MN with GOP-led states

For a governor who over four years got relatively little national exposure — at least not the kind he sought — it’s been a stark ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Wednesday, March 22, 2023 4:57 pm

News

Promising end to gridlock, DFL leaders agree on budget outline

Minnesota legislative leaders and the governor said Tuesday that they’d reached an agreement on the broad outlines of a new two-year state budget, including how ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 4:13 pm

News

Minnesota House passes bill that shields abortion providers, out-of-state patients

By Dana Ferguson, Minnesota Public Radio News The Minnesota House of Representatives voted 68-62 Monday for a bill that would offer legal protections to patients ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, March 20, 2023 5:10 pm

Education

Walz signs school meals bill into law

Surrounded by school children, teachers, advocates and public officials, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law Friday to provide breakfasts and lunches at no ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Friday, March 17, 2023 9:32 pm

News

Senate GOP blocks bonding bill, sending DFL back to drawing board

Republicans in the Minnesota Senate Thursday voted down a $1.5 billion capital investment bill, arguing that it should be tied to tax cuts. Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Thursday, March 16, 2023 4:11 pm

News

Tax cuts likely in Minnesota session but who benefits still unknown

Minnesota lawmakers are immersed in another robust debate over taxes – who should pay more or less given a giant budget surplus and what constitutes ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, March 13, 2023 11:00 am

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