Retired Department of Natural Resources employee Bill Lockner created a state-shaped forest in northern Minnesota in 1987. This is the original timber sale he set up. The state shape is still ...

Seventy-five years ago, a May newspaper article reported 5,000 tons of hemp were stacked at the site of the Hutchinson hemp plant – where 3M now stands – with 2,000 more yet to be ...

Legislative leaders announced this week who will chair committees in the next session, appointments that will shape the tenor of debate in the Minnesota House that will almost certainly be evenly ...

The GOP brief described it as a “hostile takeover” of the Legislature's independence. Minnesota courtsmay get final say in government's constitutional clash Currently, Republicans have 67 ...

Week 2 of an unusual Minnesota legislative session gets underway with the fight over power still gripping the Capitol. Republicans in the House continue to hold floor sessions while Democrats ...