After entering 2025 with a deal reportedly essentially in place, Minnesota sports betting legislation fell short without any major momentum. The Minnesota legislature adjourned Monday without legalizing Minnesota sports betting. A bill that would have studied the industry was also shot down.

The Minnesota Senate passed a bipartisan bill to overhaul public sector pensions, improving retirement benefits and COLAs for teachers, firefighters, and other employees.

When President Donald Trump announced the lifting of US sanctions on Syria during his trip to the Middle East this week, it marked a major policy shift that could reshape the region and triggered a scramble across the US government to implement the decision, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

The Northern Lights Express rail project in Minnesota has been crippled after losing over $77 million in funding under new legislation.

Minnesota Senate passed a bill reforming pensions, lowering teacher retirement age to 60 and increasing COLAs.

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is vocally defending the state’s expansive health care benefits program, even as far-left Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice-presidential contender, acknowledges that the program is experiencing unplanned, unsustainable growth in spending.

Dozens gathered outside the Minnesota House chamber on Friday to protest a key policy change that DFL and GOP leaders agreed to, in order to ink a budget deal.