A study conducted by a faculty member at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain has found that high school students who report using drugs, alcohol or nicotine are at higher risk for suicidal thoughts and other mental health disorders.

Elizabeth Shockman with MPR News reports members of St. Paul’s teachers union voted Thursday to authorize a strike. No date has been announced for when the strike could happen.

Gov. Tim Walz has set Tuesday, March 19 as the date for a special election to fill the District 27B House seat that opened Sunday when the resignation of former House speaker Rep. Kurt Daudt took effect.

Governor Walz, Lieutenant Governor Flanagan Encourage Minnesotans to File for New Child Tax Credit

The DFL trifecta-led Legislature made myriad changes across a spectrum of state topics in 2023. Paid Family and Medical Leave. Abortion rights. Free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 students. A $260 one-time rebate check to low- and middle-income Minnesotans. Record investments in housing. Recreational cannabis. Driver’s licenses for all. Gas and sales tax increases for transportation purposes. To do so, much of a projected record $17.5 billion budget surplus was needed as the state budget grew to an all-time high of $72 billion for the current biennium, which ends June 30, 2025.

The House gave the green light to adult-use recreational cannabis Thursday. “The day has finally arrived. Today is the day that we are going to vote here in the House for the last time to legalize cannabis and bring the change that many Minnesotans have wanted for a very long time,” said Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids), the bill sponsor.

The Senate was set to advance a requirement for businesses to offer 48 hours of paid time each year for illness, medical appointments, child care, or help for domestic abuse.

A motion traditionally made in the final week of the legislative session could give hope for an early finish. Via a party-line vote, the House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee on Tuesday adopted a 12-hour waiver on concurrence beginning May 13.

Minnesota is on the verge of legalizing adult-use cannabis, sparking a lucrative new recreational marketplace, but supporters are cautioning lawmakers not to inadvertently snuff out a widely popular hemp industry.

Experts say Minnesota would be the only state to adopt a measure targeting corporations that have subsidiaries overseas.

For months, it seemed that Democrats who control the Minnesota Legislature were headed toward a political standoff over whether to eliminate the state tax on Social Security benefits. But the question that cou

As House and Senate tax chairs start to negotiate what is often the final bill of any legislative session, they can take comfort that for the first time in a decade, both are from the same party. But that doesn’t mean they agree on how to allocate a $3 billion pot of money for tax cuts.