Politics

Minnesota lawmakers are considering a bill that would tax digital advertising and billboards, ending exemptions that currently benefit large tech and advertising companies. The bill was discussed during the Minnesota House Taxes Committee hearing.

The Minnesota Senate on Wednesday made one of the biggest changes to its rules to help members with families manage the job. They voted to allow state senators and their staff to bring their children onto the Senate floor, something members can already do in the House, for child care and breast-feeding purposes. The bill passed in a 41-25 vote.

Dr. Alta Deroo of the Hazelden Betty Ford Clinic joined FOX 9 All Day to discuss Kratom and the risks associated with this drug. There is a bill at the Minnesota Capitol to increase the age to buy Kratom to 21 years old. Some states have banned the sale of the drug altogether. 

Minnesota lawmakers are considering a ban on surveillance-based price and wage discrimination, which would prohibit companies from using automated systems, including AI, to set individual prices or wages based on personal data, behaviors, or biometrics.

Minnesota lawmakers are considering loosening the laws around prizes won during a meat raffle. FOX 9's Corin Hoggard has more.

Minnesota’s beloved meat raffles could soon get juicier prizes and higher ticket prices under a bill moving through the Capitol. FOX 9's Corin Hoggard has the story.

As arguments continue over DHS funding and the partial government shutdown, airports across the country are feeling the impacts with long security lines due to a lack of TSA workers. FOX's Rebekah Castor has more.

A Minnesota college student was wrongfully detained by ICE for a second time during the recent immigration surge after spending more than a month in custody last spring. Mohammed Hoque, a Minnesota State Mankato student, was first arrested by ICE last spring and spent 40 days in custody. FOX 9's Paul Blume has the story.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a lawsuit on Tuesday over being blocked out from accessing evidence in the shootings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Julio Sosa-Celis at the hands of federal officers in Minneapolis. FOX 9's Soyoung Kim has the story.

President Donald Trump took questions on Iran operations Tuesday at the White House as he hosted the swearing in of new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Trump called Operation Epic Fury one of the greatest military operations in U.S. history, and said they've obliterated their leadership and nuclear potential.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave an update on Iran operations Tuesday as Markwayne Mullin was sworn in as the new DHS Secretary. Hegseth says the force they've used in Iran is unprecedented, and unmatched.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday held an event at the White House to officially swear in Markwayne Mullin as the new secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. Mullin was confirmed for the new post in a vote Monday night.