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Seventh Judicial District Chief Judge Michael Fritz last month delayed Mitchell’s trial, scheduled to begin on June 16, ...
Minnesota DFL’s divide over mining may come to a head at state convention The issue may come to a head this weekend, with what looks like a choice for the DFL — promote mining and union jobs ...
In 2020, the DFL and activist Noah McCourt, who was serving five years of probation for a felony sentence, sued the state of Minnesota to challenge its ban on felons from participating in precinct ...
The Minnesota DFL has a state government trifecta with control of both legislative chambers and the governorship for the first time in a decade. They are moving one of the most progressive agendas ...
"The wheels of the DFL progressive bus just came to a screeching halt," said Larry Jacobs, a politics professor at the University of Minnesota. "The DFL is not going to be able to move big budgets ...
Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, takes a seat during a Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct hearing in St. Paul on May 7, 2024. The chair of the state DFL on Thursday, May 30, called ...
Minnesota DFL political candidates benefit from a complicated web of unions, the state party and others that spend millions on elections.
As Minnesota lawmakers return to a statehouse under full DFL control in the new session, members of the party in both chambers said they are eager to advance legislation to fight climate change ...
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) Chair Ken Martin on Sunday predicted that "there will be lawsuits" after Nov. 3 if ballots received after Election Day are not counted in a close race.
The partisan standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House might never have materialized if the DFL would have backed a different candidate in a Roseville-area election. The ...
Sen. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple Valley, speaks on protecting abortion access in Minnesota on Feb. 17, 2025, alongside members of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus.