Conor Wight

Steven Thal has spent decades in immigration court. Recently, he said he shed a rare tear as a judge denied asylum to a family who say they came to Minnesota to escape sexual violence and extortion.

Rising costs are forcing the organizers of some of the Twin Cities' largest summer festivals to reconsider their cash flow streams, as Twin Cities Irish Fest turns to the community to try to ensure the event survives in years to come.

On the Lake Harriet shoreline in Minneapolis Saturday evening, dozens of children picked up a fishing rod for the first time.

Minnesota state officials are feeling pressure from the federal government, working to revalidate thousands of Medicaid providers who operate in programs that are at high-risk for fraud.

Minnesota officials say they have completed a review of almost 5,6000 "high-risk Medicaid providers," part of an effort to stave off the federal government's freezing of $2 billion in funding.

Vice President JD Vance is now calling on Assistant U.S. Attorney General Colin McDonald to investigate if top Minnesota state officials broke the law in the botched response to the state's fraud crisis.

The state-level case against Vance Boelter — the man who pleaded guilty in federal court to shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses — will continue, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Thursday afternoon.

Thousands of providers who were cut off from Medicaid billing can once again receive funds, at least for now, as the Minnesota Department of Human Services navigates a revalidation process drawing bipartisan criticism.

Paul Johnson said that he had been tracking ICE vehicles in his neighborhood when it happened. He said he was boxed in before agents swarmed his truck, punching him and using pepper spray at close range.

Federal prosecutors are continuing to dismiss charges initially brought against people in Minnesota for allegedly assaulting federal officers during the winter.