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Politics and Government News

MPR News is your hub for the latest politics and government news coverage. Whether you're looking for the status of a recent Supreme Court ruling, or want updates on Minnesota's newest laws, we have comprehensive state and national news coverage ready for you.

In Mankato, Trump rips critics, vows to win Minnesota

In Mankato, Trump rips critics, vows to win Minnesota

Hoping to win over the state in the fall election, President Donald Trump portrayed himself as a law and order candidate Monday during an attack-filled hourlong campaign speech at the Mankato airport before heading off to Wisconsin and vowing, “I’ll be back.”
by Brian Bakst

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Postal delivery scores in 5 battleground states are missing targets as mail voting increases

Postal delivery scores in 5 battleground states are missing targets as mail voting increases

Large cities in key states — Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee — have subpar delivery records; a former deputy postmaster general estimates tens of thousands of mailed ballots will be at risk for late delivery.

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Once unwanted, historic bridge now pursued by suitors

Once unwanted, historic bridge now pursued by suitors

For roughly 30 years, the Kern Bridge sat unused, unstable and unwanted. But fans of the bowstring-arch bridge never stopped trying to save it from collapse. Last year, funding was obtained to dismantle it and put it in storage in the hopes that someone somewhere might want to reassemble it as a pedestrian bridge. Turns out there was.

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Politics slows flow of U.S. virus funds to local public health

Politics slows flow of U.S. virus funds to local public health

Congress has allocated trillions of dollars to ease the coronavirus crisis. A joint Kaiser Health News and AP investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing. Others, like Minnesota, were slow to do so.
by The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News Staff

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The nudge and tiebreaker that took women's suffrage from nay to yea

The nudge and tiebreaker that took women's suffrage from nay to yea

Tennessee was the final state needed to ratify the amendment that secured some women the right to vote. At the last moment, a young state legislator switched his vote to yes after his mom asked him to.
by Melissa Block

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APM Marketplace special: Reset the economy to end systemic racism

APM Marketplace special: Reset the economy to end systemic racism

Reset the economy to end systemic racism: Kai Ryssdal speaks with experts about what it will take to begin to end the systemic racism that has defined our society and our economy for the last 400 years.
by Marketplace Staff

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One week after election, Belarus sees giant protests against 'Europe's last dictator'

One week after election, Belarus sees giant protests against 'Europe's last dictator'

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Belarus to demand change on Sunday, as incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko defended election results that international observers have decried as illegitimate.
by Rachel Treisman

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