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FARGO — For the first time in 12 years, a new face will represent District 5 on the Cass County Board of Commissioners after the November election. Joel Vettel of Fargo and Keith Gohdes of Mapleton will move on to November’s general election after receiving enough votes in the Tuesday, June 11, primary. In complete but unofficial results, Vettel earned 59% of the total 17,432 votes, followed

WASHINGTON — Uncooperative House Republicans scuttled a third nominee for House speaker in three weeks on Tuesday, with Majority Whip Tom Emmer setting the record for shortest tenure as speaker-designate. He lasted just four hours before giving up, unable to overcome resistance from over two dozen hard-right holdouts. Winning the nomination turned out to be the easy part for the Minnesotan, a

The combination of pressure from both Speaker McCarthy and Trump appears to be putting Congressman Bob Good on the back foot. The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Congressman Bob Good, is facing a serious primary challenge after President Trump endorsed his opponent. Mr. Good, of Virginia, has been on the ropes since Speaker McCarthy got behind his opponent, John McGuire, a state senator

MPR’s Dana Ferguson reports after lengthy debate that went into the early hours of Friday, the Minnesota House passed a bill protecting trans people that “would prevent state courts or officials from complying with child removal requests, extraditions, arrests or subpoenas related to gender-affirming health care that a person receives in Minnesota.” Also from MPR, Dan Kraker reports on efforts