the associated press

Construction is underway for the $2 billion Southwest light rail line that will connect downtown Minneapolis with Eden Prairie.

Minnesota's attorney general is asking a state court for permission to add the owners of drugmaker Purdue Pharma to a lawsuit that seeks to hold the company responsible for the opioid addiction crisis.

A new wrinkle has emerged in the debate over whether Minnesota should ban so-called gay conversion therapy for minors - the top Senate Republican has an adult child who came out as a lesbian as a teenager and now identifies as bi-gender.

A University of Minnesota study links the decline of walleye in Mille Lacs Lake to a loss of habitat resulting from clearer water.

More than a week after his office got a murder conviction in the high-profile case of a Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced he's taking a medical leave.

A Minnesota man and military veteran whose request for a passport was denied twice is now asking a federal court to declare that he is a U.S. citizen.

A Minnesota man accused of killing a motorist while fleeing Minneapolis police has been charged in county court.

Authorities say one child is dead and another is hospitalized in critical condition after falling from a window at a south Minneapolis apartment building.

Federal authorities say a Shakopee man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after a search of his home discovered large quantities of drugs.

A Minnesota judge has convicted a man in the 1983 killing of a teenager in Minneapolis.