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Gov. Tim Walz criticized Republican legislative leaders Monday for not taking a strong enough stand against the political violence in Washington and recent threats made in Minnesota. Republican leaders have

House DFL demand GOPers who attended Stop the Steal rally in St. Paul denounce threats, violent rhetoric House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler said if they dont denounce the threats they "need to be held accountable." Author: Democratic leaders in the Minnesota House of Representatives are calling on a few of their Republican colleagues to be held accountable if they do not denounce threats of violence that were made during a rally they attended at the state Capitol last week.  In a statement Mon...

Officials have taken steps to ensure the Minnesota Capitol is safe despite recent and planned protests there by supporters of President Donald Trump, the state's public safety chief told lawmakers in a letter released Friday.

Brand calls for Akland’s resignation after attending ‘Storm the Capitol’ rally Jake Rinehart © Provided by Mankato KEYC-TV FILE — Jeff Brand, a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, is calling for the immediate resignation of incoming House member Susan Akland. NORTH MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — Jeff Brand, a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, is calling for the immediate resignation of incoming House member Susan Akland. © Prov...

MN House members issue complaint about GOPers who tried to reject election result Eight DFLers call their colleagues actions "reprehensible." Author: Several Minnesota Democrats are calling out their Republican colleagues who sought to add Minnesota to a lawsuit aimed at rejecting the 2020 election results in four states, saying their actions were "reprehensible." Bluestem Prairie first reported the action eight DFLers took Tuesday to register their protest and dissent in Tuesdays Journal of t...

Readers Write: GOPs Texas lawsuit, the Electoral College About that Texas defense ...  Text size Copy shortlink: It is not surprising but certainly disheartening to see the two letters in Wednesdays paper in support of the Texas attorney generals lawsuit to overturn the presidential election ("Utter condemnation? Not so fast," Readers Write). Both exhibited the bizarre illogic weve come to hear daily from the current president and his suppor...

Despite plenty of sound and fury Monday, only 17 lawmakers voted against a bill to provide $216 million in COVID-19 relief to businesses impaired by the governor’s Nov. 20 executive order. The bill, Senate File 31 — passed during the seventh and final special session of 2020 — also includes a 13-week extension to unemployment benefits for about 125,000 Minnesotans. Those benefits were set to expire by the day after Christmas. Gov. Tim Walz was expected to sign it Tuesday. Much of Monday�...

Despite plenty of sound and fury Monday, only 17 lawmakers voted against a bill to provide $216 million in COVID-19 relief to businesses impaired by the governor’s Nov. 20 executive order. The bill, Senate File 31 — passed during the seventh and final special session of 2020 — also includes a 13-week extension to unemployment benefits for about 125,000 Minnesotans. Those benefits were set to expire by the day after Christmas. Gov. Tim Walz was expected to sign it Tuesday. Much of Monday�...

IRON RANGE — The United States Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit by Texas that asked the high court to overturn the presidential election results in four states won by President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., but not before two more Minnesota congressmen joined the suit. In a one-page order issued Friday without signatures, the court said Texas didn’t have standing to pursue the case and that it “has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which an...

Emmer, Stauber, Hagedorn asked high court to void Biden win December 12, 2020 GMT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Reps. Tom Emmer, Pete Stauber and Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota were among the Republicans who signed on to a last-gasp bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the presidential election. The three are among more than 100 House Republicans who joined an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Emmer’s name was on a list of signatories released Thursday...