Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here . ••• By my measure, the gloom that has settled this month into the psyches of a sizable share of Minnesota democracy lovers is uncommonly deep.

The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote.

Bleu Duck Kitchen owners Jennifer Lester and Erik Kleven behind the oyster bar in the restaurant’s kitchen in Rochester. Three years after they began cultivating thousands of their own oysters off the coast of Maine,

Minnesota, and Pennsylvania — have stopped publicly funding these anti-abortion centers, according to Equity Forward, an abortion rights group. Abortion access in Maine is less restrictive than ...

CNN early votes were on a big screen at a Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz election night party at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 5 ...

The national honor bestowed upon the official state bird of Minnesota earlier this month confirms what Minnesotans already know well — just how special the loon is. The common loon is known for its haunting call as well as its spots and stripes in black and white.

Some shuffling at the top of my ballot this week: 1. Boston College 2. Michigan State 3. Western Michigan 4. Minnesota 5. Michigan 6. Maine 7. Providence 8. Denver

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was reported in York Harbor, Maine, on Monday morning.

The United States Coast Guard is searching for a father and son who disappeared at sea over the weekend, off the coast of northern Maine. Both commercial fishermen, Chester Barrett and Aaron ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court is considering how deeply it should intervene in a power struggle between Democrats and Republicans over control of the state House

President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Lake Riley Act Wednesday, but Minnesota's two U.S. Senators, Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, voted against the measure.

LAKEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) - A school board in Minnesota has voted to remove posters with the a Black Lives Matter message from classrooms. The Lakeville Public School District superintendent is defying that vote, for now, saying they’ll stay up until new posters are ready.