When Karina Lariz was released from a California prison in September 2021, she had only the clothes she was arrested in — stretched out and weathered by time. She had ...

A House budget committee on Monday, May 19, 2025, voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private ...

The regular session ends Monday; lawmakers have to pass a two-year budget by the end of June 30, or the state government shuts down ...

GOP Sen. Warren Limmer says he wants a task force created immediately to address what happens to the estimated 500 employees ...

Legislation that sets in motion the closure of Minnesota's second largest prison over the next four years is on its way to ...

The regular session ends Monday, and lawmakers have to pass a two-year budget by the end of June 30 or the state government ...

Lawmakers continued negotiating behind closed doors on major budget bills to fund human services, education, transportation ...

Coming from Maine to the St. Croix Valley, it was likely that a person would work in the lumber industry back in the 1850s.

If the plan is approved by lawmakers, the closure would phase in over four years with final closure set for June 30, 2029.

Lawmakers at the Minnesota Capitol will be working through the weekend to complete the overall budget agreement.

Union leaders say the closure leaves staff members’ futures uncertain and poses safety risks to inmates, staff and the public ...

Labor leaders at the state’s second-largest prison said they were not consulted on the plan to shut it down. They argued at ...