Report for Minnesota

Advocates said housing instability has intensified in recent months amid the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota.

To enter the building, visitors and employees need to pass through a body scanner and put large items through a conveyor belt scanner.

Democrats are proposing bills targeting issues including federal officers’ accountability, Minnesotans’ right to privacy and preventing federal agents from entering specific areas.

University of Minnesota rising senior Dani Fraher was an intern at KAXE in the summer of 2025 through Report for Minnesota and the Minnesota Journalism Center.

The state originally enacted the $75 annual surcharge in 2021 to replace the money electric vehicle owners would normally pay in gas taxes, which contribute to road and bridge construction and maintenance.

As of April, there have been 70 confirmed human cases in the U.S., with the first reported death in January of this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Student-Parent Support Initiative, or SPSI, passed in the 2023 legislative session and gives money to programs that help students with children succeed in higher education.

The program, established in 2023, helped 600 families become homeowners in the first seven months of its existence, according to Rep. Esther Agbaje, DFL-Minneapolis.

The bill would spend $250,000 in each of the next two fiscal years on the project, which is meant to create a repository for a variety of seeds grown in MN before 1970.

The $3.66 billion budget bill the House passed on April 25, 2025, increases state spending for the next two years by $50M for public safety and $30M for courts.