Do you have concerns about housing shortages in the St. Cloud area? U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s staff will be making a stop in St. Cloud on Saturday as part of their statewide “Housing Listening Tour.”
Republicans who control the Minnesota Senate have unveiled a framework they say will balance the budget without raising taxes or making painful spending cuts, setting up what they concede will be difficult negotiations with Democrats to end the session.
Minnesota's new lieutenant governor has formally responded to a lawsuit which argues that it's unconstitutional for her to also hold her seat in the state Senate.
The Minnesota attorney general's office says state Senate President Michelle Fischbach cannot legally keep her Senate seat when she becomes lieutenant governor.