FILE - Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon speaks to the media about early voting at the Minnesota State Capitol, Thursday, September 19, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher, File) ...

Gilbert the golden retriever was home with Democratic leader and Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband when a gunman fatally shot the couple and mortally wounded their beloved dog ...

Morale craters at State Department as mass layoffs loom Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the agency “bloated,” yet as violence spiked in the Middle East, staff say they’ve been ...

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman laid in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda. Hortman, her husband, and their dog were killed in a June 14 attack.

Former Secretary of State Ralph Munro will be honored in a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday in the State Capitol Rotunda in Olympia. Munro, the longest-serving secretary of state in Washington ...

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Japan and the United States are arranging for U.S. Secretary of State Rubio to visit Japan for the first time in early July, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday, citing a Japanese government ...

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will lie in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday while the man charged with killing her and her husband, and wounding a state senator and ...

Montgomery attorney Caroleene Dobson says she is running for secretary of state in 2026. Dobson said Thursday her priorities if elected include election security, reducing fees and getting legislation ...

The National Weather Service received the report of a tornado spotted by a weather observer east of Albert Lea between the city and Hayward, Minn.