Laura Oakes

On this Election Day eve, the women’s vote may have more power than in any other past election according to analysts. And the reproductive rights issue remains paramount to them.

At some point, we all find ourselves navigating the ever-changing world of buying or selling a home. In this month’s A Closer Look, WCCO’s Laura Oakes dives into the market forces at play, and the twists and turns of one local couple’s journey.

As it stands right now, the Minnesota House of Representatives is finding itself in an unusual predicament with 67 Democrats and 67 Republicans. And that’s begging the question, “who will be Speaker of the House?”

Hennepin County will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died in jail. Lucas Bellamy died from a perforated bowel, and the suit alleges he was in pain for days begging to go to the hospital.

A jury awards an Excelsior, Minnesota couple more than $1 million over a misread vasectomy result. Steven and Megan Szlachtowski conceived a healthy boy four years after Steven was told his vasectomy was successful, when it turned out it wasn’t.

The sisters of a Minnesota doctor killed in a hit-and-run while walking her dogs in Mille Lacs County a year ago are renewing calls for the person who hit her to come forward.

After contentious debate and many amendments, the Minneapolis City Council votes for creating a Labor Standards Board to oversee things like wages, benefits and worker safety in the city. It’s a proposal Minneapolis businesses say they don’t need.

The Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate says she’s optimistic about bipartisan support in the upcoming session despite a divided government. Meanwhile, the Republican speaker-designate says decisions need to be made about upcoming budget process.

St. Paul Police have released body cam video of their interaction last weekend with fugitive Mychal Stowers, who was suspected in a double homicide and armed carjacking.

Bad news for the Gopher women’s basketball team. Leading scorer Mara Braun is out indefinitely after breaking the same bone in her foot that she broke last year. Coach Dawn Plitzuweit says it’s too premature to say when she might be back.