Nathaniel Minor
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Nathaniel Minor is a reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune.
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Minnesota rejects fed demand for state's voter rolls
State elections officials say the U.S. Department of Justice doesn’t have a legal right to the state’s voter registration list.
July 25, 2025
Nicole Mitchell resigns seat in Minnesota Senate
Attorneys for the Woodbury DFLer said this week she would leave the Senate by Aug. 4. Her departure means Gov. Tim Walz can now call a special election to fill the seat.
July 25, 2025
‘For all the marbles’: Upheaval in the Minnesota Senate puts DFL control in play
Republicans are hopeful they can take control of the chamber through the race to replace the resigning Sen. Nicole Mitchell
July 23, 2025
Sen. Nicole Mitchell resigning, Senate control on the line in special election
Mitchell on Friday was found guilty of two felonies after her 2024 arrest for breaking into her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes.
July 22, 2025
Minnesota Senate leaders say they expect Sen. Nicole Mitchell to resign after burglary conviction
DFL Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy said Mitchell told her colleagues she’d resign if found guilty.
July 18, 2025
Train linking Twin Cities, Duluth in doubt as D.C. Republicans yank money for passenger rail
A GOP-backed measure moving through Congress also would gut funding for a federal grant program the Metropolitan Council is counting on for a planned extension of the Blue Line light-rail project and a planned bus rapid transit line.
July 16, 2025
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DOJ asks to look at Minnesota’s voter registration rolls, other election data
An election expert says the federal government doesn’t have the legal right to some of the data it’s requesting.
July 11, 2025
Gov. Tim Walz calls September special election to fill seat held by slain Rep. Melissa Hortman
At least one candidate has already announced he is running for the seat.
July 11, 2025
Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers lead to calls for metal detectors in Capitol building
Along with lawmakers calling for security changes, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher says Minnesota needs to add metal detectors to four of the buildings in the Capitol complex.
July 9, 2025
Gov. Tim Walz on guns at the Capitol, lawmaker security and Minnesota’s response to Trump’s big bill
Walz told the Minnesota Star Tribune that legislators are “rightfully concerned” with security issues.
July 7, 2025
Trump’s big bill could hurt rural hospitals, be a boon to Minnesota farm country
More than a dozen Republican state legislators had asked Congress not to make “drastic reductions” to Medicaid funding, but some now support the bill.
July 4, 2025
Minnesota lawmakers approve plan to send Humphrey statue to U.S. Capitol
A replica of the statue on the Minnesota Capitol mall could replace a century-old effigy of Henry Mower Rice in National Statuary Hall.
July 1, 2025
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