Minnesota Senate passes a bill allowing cities to create social districts for outdoor alcohol consumption, aiming to boost community connections and local economy.

Sen. Aric Putnam, DFL-St. Cloud, and Rep. Bernie Perryman, R-St. Augusta, sponsored the initial social district bills in the ...

Complex issues reduce the Supreme Court’s ability to effectively decide on this situation. The Court seems to be unwilling to address the question of same-sex marriage in the Proposition 8 case on the ...

On April 7, 2025, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) received final approval from an administrative law judge ...

Minnesota legislators are weighing a new tax on social media platforms that could raise $334 million over the next four years as the state faces a multibillion-dollar deficit later this decade and ...

Reid Forgrave covers Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for the Star Tribune, particularly focused on long-form storytelling, controversial social and cultural issues, and the shifting politics ...

"I haven't had any issues at all. People like to grab ... Anoka remains the only city in Minnesota to have an social district, and was specially chosen by lawmakers to be its pilot in the 2022 ...

This week on At Issue, Tom Hauser discusses a new social media tax bill, the latest on state budget negotiations and the newly created Office of Inspector General. The Minnesota Senate Tax Committee ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty in a social security fraud scheme that lasted more than a quarter of a century, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for ...

Social districts could make it to St. Cloud. The Minnesota Senate passed an omnibus liquor policy package that included a provision to authorize cities across the state to issue social district ...