5+ day, 12+ min ago   (1058+ words) Congress isn’t quite yet celebrating its 250th anniversary — the House and Senate as they are recognized today first convened in 1789 — but from the start it has provided an enduring, if imperfect, forum in the country’s pursuit of a more perfect union....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1437+ words) Growing up as the daughter of a single mother hard-pressed to make ends meet in Green Bay, Wis., Liza Sterletske suffered schoolyard bullying over her lisp and hand-me-down clothes, but found refuge burrowing her head in books at her local…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1259+ words) Dakota County residents will cast votes this fall to fill open seats on city councils, school boards and more. On the county board, longtime Commissioner Mary Liz Holberg will face Jacob Borealis to represent District 6. Holberg and Borealis received the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (318+ words) At the heart of the crisis facing journalism — and hence democracy, too — is the question of bias. Can journalists ever really be intellectually independent and open-minded? Take your pick of surveys. Most Americans think the press is rife with slant....

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (913+ words) BY SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press The filibuster is a longstanding parliamentary tool that halts action on most bills unless 60 senators in the 100-member chamber vote to move forward. Over the years, it has stymied policy priorities for Democrats and…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1519+ words) Against the glassy backdrop of the newly reconstructed Hamline-Midway Library, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her broke tough news to library patrons and workers. Her 2027 budget proposal would shutter a neighborhood library in Dayton’s Bluff, while cutting hours at recreation centers…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (496+ words) Citing a critical last-minute memo from the city attorney’s office, the St. Paul City Council voted Wednesday to block a proposed “Right to Repair” tenants’ rights ordinance from proceeding to the November ballot. The ballot question, proposed by the Safe…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (535+ words) The Senate is likely to vote on the measure before leaving Washington at week’s end for its traditional August recess, a period that many lawmakers want to spend shoring up their reelection prospects rather than working in the nation’s capital....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (201+ words) Pioneer Press A censure registers the House’s deep disapproval of a lawmaker’s conduct that does not meet the threshold for expulsion. Edward has denied that any of his conduct was intended as a sexual or romantic advance, but the committee…...