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The measure would require parental consent for someone 15 or younger to make an account and limit features bill authors say are addictive, like infinite scrolling, autoplay of videos and push notifications for those users.

Caroline Cummings The Minnesota House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that sets new guardrails for social media accounts for children.

Minnesotans will soon face tougher consequences if they disguise themselves as law enforcement to deceive the public in response to the lawmaker shooting attacks last summer.

With just days left until the Minnesota Legislature must adjourn for the year, DFL Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders in a politically divided Capitol reached a deal Wednesday night that includes funding to shore up Hennepin County Medical Center and one-time relief to taxpayers struggling with the high cost of living.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is set to speak on Thursday after announcing an end-of-session deal with leaders in the state Legislature.

The federal agency that regulates commodity futures markets has sued Minnesota to block a new state law that would make operating or assisting in the operation of a prediction market a criminal felony.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz went to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis Wednesday to talk about how the state is going to help the hospital financially

Before Melissa Hortman was elected to the Legislature and later became speaker of the Minnesota House, she began her career fresh out of law school at a local legal aid office. In her short time doing that work, one family said she made a generational impact on them.

"They were these public figures. They were known by people in many ways, many different layers. But for us, that's mom and dad," Sophie Hortman explained, in her first joint interview alongside her brother with WCCO.

Lawmakers across the political spectrum say what best defines Hortman's legacy in St. Paul is that she consistently put people above politics.