Minnesota agencies, lawmakers and groups seek out answers on how a freeze in federal funding will play out with billions of dollars potentially on the line.
The winners of Washington County’s second Name a Snowplow contest were announced Tuesday by the Washington County Department of Public Works. More than 2,400 people voted in the contest and the top two vote-getters were Sir Plows a lot with 680 votes and Land of 10,000 Flakes coming in at a close second with 677 votes.
The unilateral decision by President Donald Trump to temporarily freeze federal funding already approved by Congress threatens up to $1.9 billion in monthly funding in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said.
Oregon dropped in the polls after splitting games with Washington and Minnesota.
The governor's office said the freeze threatens $1.8 billion in federal funds usually allocated to the state each month.
Many in Minnesota’s federal workforce — from border patrol workers up north to agency managers awaiting directives from Washington — are on edge after a flurry of executive actions during President Donald Trump’s first week back in office.
The Minnesota House began its third deadlocked week due to a Democratic boycott over a power struggle with House Republicans.
A former deputy with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office says a co-worker sexually harassed her while she was working undercover as “bait” with the East Metro Sex Trafficking Task Force. Isabella Curtis,
The FBI says it arrested a 21-year-old Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.
Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers elsewhere have tried dozens of times in seeking to thwart their opponents
Washington’s recycling system may soon get a makeover. A proposal to require companies to reduce unnecessary packaging and fund statewide recycling services is making its way through the Legislature this year.
Minnesota's entire coaching staff is busy on the recruiting trail and their latest in-home visit came in Folsom, California with 2026 three-star offensive lineman Vlad Dyakonov according to an X post on Monday.