WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Hits Back at Tim Walz's Dangerous Rhetoric Comparing ICE to Gestapo While politicians like Gov. Walz fight to protect criminal illegal aliens, ICE officers will continue risking their lives to arrest murderers, kidnappers, and pedophiles WASHINGTON - Following Governor Tim Walz's sickening rhetoric calling Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents "Trump's modern-day Gestapo,"   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 20 -- Education Minnesota issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Minnesota Legislature passes historic improvement to teacher pension benefits ST. PAUL, Minnesota. May 19, 2025 - The Minnesota Legislature has passed a historic improvement to pension benefits for most Minnesota teachers, including creating a career rule that rewards teachers' decades of service to Minnesota students. A bipartisan majority of the Minnesota House passed the bill Monda  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar's Bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act Signed into Law WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced that their bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act was signed into law. The TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII, and requires social media and similar websites to have in place procedures t  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- A new report indicates that nearly half of transgender Americans have either moved or are considering relocating to more affirming locations within the U.S., and a similar percentage express a desire to leave the country entirely, driven by concerns over anti-transgender policies and the broader sociopolitical climate following the 2024 election of Donald Trump. The study, "The Impact of Anti-Transgender Policy and Public Opinion on Travel and Relocation," was released toda  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 20 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Rep. Johnson's UI Extension for Iron Ranger Miners unanimously passes Minnesota House St. Paul, MN - Today, the Minnesota House of Representatives unanimously passed House File 3023, legislation authored by Rep. Pete Johnson (DFL - Duluth) to extend Unemployment Insurance benefits to impacted Iron Range miners. "There is broad bipartisan support to delive  more