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Minnesota counties must decide to accept or reject new refugees

12/09/2019 07:42 PM

So far, only Kandiyohi County in southwestern Minnesota has voted on the issue. The county board voted 3 to 2 to continue accepting refugees ...

At Issue: Dec. 8 — Gov. Walz on the deadly National Guard crash and Minnesota's projected budget forecast

At Issue: Dec. 1 -- Congressman Dean Philips on impeachment and our analysts discuss Michael Bloomberg's Presidential bid

Skittish time for turkeys, turkey producers

Phillips among few members of Congress to attend impeachment hearings

At Issue: Nov. 24 — House impeachment hearings and a new KSTP impeachment poll

President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Chicago to attend the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Exposition, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

KSTP/SURVEYUSA: 44 percent of Minnesotans surveyed favor impeachment

It's not a majority, but 44 percent of Minnesotans say based on what they have learned so far, the U.S. House of Representatives should impeach President Trump, according to a new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll. Another 37 percent say they should not vote to impeach, and 19 percent are undecided ...

At Issue: Nov. 17 — House impeachment hearings are underway

For college students, impeachment hearings are real-time political science

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, left, is sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.

At Issue: Nov. 10 — breaking down Minnesota's big votes

Congressman Phillips pledges help for 'Corridor of Death'

Most school districts pass referendums, others face budget cuts

Voters in the White Bear Lake School District passed a $326 million bond referendum that will expand and unify the high school, build a new elementary school and fund other building projects ...

At Issue: Nov. 3 – Impeachment inquiry process against President Trump

School referendums among top Election Day ballot issues

Another hearing about DHS tribal overpayments, still few answers

At Issue: Oct. 27 — Gov. Tim Walz visits schools to get firsthand look at vaping epidemic

Klobuchar needs boost in polls to qualify for next debate

Klobuchar meets the fundraising threshold, but is only at about 2 percent in recent national polls ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., talks to reporters after the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

Cambria takes aim at vaping in schools

"They lied, we know," that's the catch phrase of an ambitious new anti-vaping program rolling out soon from one of Minnesota's most prominent locally-owned companies ...

At Issue: October 13 - President Trump holds rally in Minneapolis

Thousands of supporters turned out Thursday night to see President Trump speak at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. This was the president's first visit to Minneapolis and his largest rally in Minnesota ...

Politics

Trump, allies aim to delegitimize impeachment

In the process, the president and his allies have largely glossed over the substance of allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making light of what is likely to be only the third presidential impeachment in the nation's history...

President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at a campaign rally in Hershey, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.

Local

Minneapolis man sentenced to 22 years in prison for meth trafficking

During investigation of Serrato's organization, law enforcement across multiple states seized more than 85 pounds of meth, as well as other amounts of cocaine, heroin and marijuana ...

Investigative

Fairmont mayor apologizes to community for criminal cases that expired

A mayor in southwest Minnesota is apologizing to victims after dozens of criminal cases sat for so long they can no longer be charged ...

National News

Suspect arrested amid lockdown at Texas naval air station

At Issue with Tom Hauser

Join KSTP Chief Political Reporter Tom Hauser every Sunday at 10 a.m. on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS

Listen to the "At Issue" podcast

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At Issue: Dec. 1 -- Congressman Dean Philips on impeachment and our analysts discuss Michael Bloomberg's Presidential bid

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At Issue: Nov. 24 — House impeachment hearings and a new KSTP impeachment poll

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Suspect arrested amid lockdown at Texas naval air station

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'

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