House Speaker Lisa Demuth won the Republican Party’s nomination for governor on Tuesday, beating President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate, Mike Lindell, as well as Kendall Qualls — the choice of GOP state convention delegates.  Demuth is the first Republican woman to be nominated for governor and the rare Republican to beat a Trump-endorsed candidate this […]

Minnesota’s candidates for governor fielded questions on farming regulations, rising rural healthcare costs and fraud in Minnesota’s public programs Wednesday as they made their case to farmers.  It was the first and last time U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the presumptive Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee for governor, got on stage with the three GOP candidates for governor: businessman […]

Brian Nicholson told his workers earlier this month at an Albertville manufacturer that he was doing everything in his power — and even seeking divine intervention — to strike one of five “Hail Mary” deals so he could pay them what they’re owed. “I’m praying on my knees every night before I go to bed […]