Briana Bierschbach

Secretary of State Steve Simon says classified briefings, intelligence sharing and joint election-security planning have vanished as the Justice Department presses Minnesota over its voter rolls.

By this point in a typical election year, federal intelligence officials would have briefed Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and other election officials on emerging threats to the November election.

By this point in a typical election year, federal intelligence officials would have briefed Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and other election officials on emerging threats to the November election.

By this point in a typical election year, federal intelligence officials would have briefed Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and other election officials on emerging threats to the November election.

By this point in a typical election year, federal intelligence officials would have briefed Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and other election officials on emerging threats to the November election.

Plus: A routine election process unfolds under unusual circumstances.

Agency officials say there will be “an even more expanded program for vote monitors” for the general election in November.

Plus: What the recent SCOTUS ruling means for state campaigns.

Sen. Ron Latz’s first serious primary in decades, against former St. Louis Park City Council member Lynette Dumalag, reflects the competing visions shaping the Democratic Party.

Sen. Ron Latz’s first serious primary challenge in decades comes from former St. Louis Park City Council member Lynette Dumalag.