Tim Walz said this week that Democrats should protect civil rights for transgender people while also opposing Republican economic plans, boldly declaring his support for walking and chewing bubblegum at the same time.

Walz, a former teacher and a father of a son with nonverbal learning disorder, says the cuts to the Department of Education and RFK Jr’s words on autism are destructive

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the former Democratic nominee for vice president, said it would be “a mistake” for the party not to defend the rights of transgender Americans from Trump administration

Nearly 10 years ago, Trump transformed the way politicians talk, and especially the way they curse: openly and without apology. He won the 2016 election immediately after the publication of a tape in which he infamously described grabbing women’s genitals and has freely used curse words and vulgar language ever since.

Voters could be forgiven for thinking so. The party’s up-and-comers, heavy on tough talk and light on new ideas, are being remarkably open about wanting to run despite how early it is.

New analyses of the 2024 election confirm that for all the talk of alienated Americans, voter participation remains high.

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota will speak at Democratic political conventions in South Carolina and California later this month in early jockeying for 2028.

Walz, Murphy and Hortman share power with Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth, for whom cutting the MinnesotaCare benefit is a top priority, perhaps her most important priority.

The last bill approved before the regular session closed made a series of changes that will mostly affect election administration but also put the onus on voters to return absentee ballots sooner.

Representative Dave Baker says he doesn't regard having to go to a special session as a failure by the legislature. On KWLM's Legislative Review Saturday, Baker and Represenatative Scott Van Binsbergen said with the late start caused by the DFL boycott, there was just too much to do before last night's midnight deadline...