Betty McCollum, the Minnesota Democrat who represents St. Paul and the east metro, and Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary and Forest Lake native, temporarily derailed a hearing over the defense budget.
Lawmakers had a tied House and one-vote margin in the Senate. It took weeks of negotiations after the regular session adjourned for legislative leaders to get members to fall in line.
Republicans said the state could not afford to keep providing coverage for more than 20,000 immigrants. Democrats accused Republicans of leaving people “out to die.”
Minnesota has 41,000 guardians overseeing vulnerable adults. There’s mixed reaction to changes the Legislature approved making it harder for guardians to keep people from their families.
U leaders proposed a 7% cut in academic programs and a 6.5% tuition increase for undergraduate, in-state students at the Twin Cities campus, the biggest increase in 14 years.
Afghans and Venezuelans face a dizzying landscape as the Trump administration reshapes immigration rules for previously protected immigrant communities.