Minnesota Legislature

Pro-life event highlights abortion survivor’s story, calls for action

Robin Sertell delivers a keynote address for Saturday's Life Legal Defense Foundation dinner. (Alpha News) St. Pauls’ pro-life community convened Saturday for Life Legal Defense Foundation’s annual fundraising dinner, where Robin Sertell, a published author, ordained pastor, and pro-life advocate, delivered

Pro-life event highlights abortion survivor’s story, calls for action2025-04-30T13:09:00-05:00

Republican lawmakers question Attorney General Ellison about Feeding Our Future scandal

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appears before the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee Monday. (Minnesota House Info/YouTube) Attorney General Keith Ellison was grilled about the Feeding Our Future scandal at a meeting of the Fraud

Republican lawmakers question Attorney General Ellison about Feeding Our Future scandal2025-04-29T13:58:00-05:00

Controversial ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ resurfaces at legislature, unlikely to pass

Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment gather at the Minnesota Capitol in January 2025. (Hayley Feland/Alpha News) Legislation that attempts to enshrine abortion access, transgender rights, and other items in the Minnesota Constitution was reviewed in a meeting

Controversial ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ resurfaces at legislature, unlikely to pass2025-04-11T12:52:00-05:00

The trojan horse of inclusion

Three of the eight posters included in Lakeville Area Schools' "inclusive poster series." (Lakeville Area Schools) In the 21st century, we live in an era of information warfare, in which battles are fought over ideologies, words are weaponized,

The trojan horse of inclusion2025-03-11T14:37:00-05:00

GOP attempt to expel Sen. Nicole Mitchell fails in the Minnesota Senate

Left: The Minnesota Senate chamber (Hayley Feland/Alpha News); Right: Sen. Nicole Mitchell/Minnesota Senate Senate Republicans attempted to expel State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, from the Minnesota Senate during a Monday floor session. This measure was the latest in

GOP attempt to expel Sen. Nicole Mitchell fails in the Minnesota Senate2025-01-29T07:33:00-06:00

House Democrats, secretary of state ask Supreme Court to intervene in legislative dispute

The Minnesota House chambers before the start of Tuesday's session. (Hayley Feland/Alpha News) State Democrats believe that the actions taken by their Republican colleagues during the opening day of the legislative session “were improper and unlawful” and have

House Democrats, secretary of state ask Supreme Court to intervene in legislative dispute2025-01-15T22:02:00-06:00

Another Walz cannabis ‘czar’ steps down

Charlene Briner testifies before a Minnesota Senate committee in February 2024. (Minnesota Senate Media Services/YouTube) The longtime DFL bureaucrat who Gov. Tim Walz tapped to help him appoint the state’s first-ever (and short-lived) cannabis “czar” has stepped down as

Another Walz cannabis ‘czar’ steps down2025-01-08T16:15:00-06:00

Several candidates line up for special elections for Minnesota House, Senate

The Minnesota Capitol Building in St. Paul, Minn. (Alpha News) The Republican candidate for a north metro legislative seat who successfully sued his DFL opponent over his residency eligibility will run in a special election. Paul Wikstrom filed his affidavit

Several candidates line up for special elections for Minnesota House, Senate2025-01-01T07:18:00-06:00

4 New Year’s resolutions for Minnesota government

The Minnesota Capitol Building in St. Paul, Minn. (Alpha News) As we approach 2025, now is a good time to reflect upon where Minnesota is and where it needs to go. Although many of us have given up

4 New Year’s resolutions for Minnesota government2024-12-29T09:00:00-06:00

MN Democrat calls minors transitioning without parental consent a ‘mythology’

Rep. Leigh Finke/Minnesota House of Representatives Rep. Leigh Finke, DFL-St. Paul, Minnesota’s first transgender legislator, called the idea that some children are transitioning without parental consent “a mythology that has been built up by 10 years of conditioning.”

MN Democrat calls minors transitioning without parental consent a ‘mythology’2024-12-26T16:38:00-06:00
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