Government & Politics

The federal government has repeatedly threatened to freeze or claw back payments, but this sum is the first time the administration has permanently denied payments.

KAXE's Emma Krab interviewed state Rep. Spencer Igo, R-Wabana Township, about the results of the 2026 midterm election and his plans for the upcoming legislative session.

Republicans selected Sen. Jordan Rasmusson and Rep. Harry Niska as minority leaders for the 2027-28 legislative session, which begins Jan. 12, 2027.

Nearly 2.9 million voters cast their ballots in Minnesota, but the state finished behind Maine in turnout percentage, according to preliminary data.

The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is appealing the second city-conducted environmental review for Google's proposed Hermantown data center.

Voters elected at least 10 new Democratic senators, already the largest incoming class of elected first-time Democratic senators in 40 years, with results from Alaska and Mississippi still outstanding.

Klobuchar will have 60 days before her January inauguration to staff her office, draft a two-year budget and turn her campaign talking points into legislation.

With Democrat Amy Klobuchar’s victory in the governor’s race, Minnesota will again have a DFL trifecta after two years of shared control with Republicans.

Ellison beat out Republican patent lawyer and conservative activist Ron Schutz, who ran a largely sleepy campaign that included few public events and just one news conference.

The lieutenant governor beat out Republican Michele Tafoya on a progressive economic platform and promise to “rip ICE apart” following the incursion federal immigration agents to the state earlier this year that left two Americans dead.