Tuesday, a special election could break a tie in one chamber at the state capitol — but the other is still at a stalemate. Voters in northeast Minneapolis showed up to the polls, casting ballots for their next state senator after the death of DFL Sen.

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A tie in the Minnesota Senate should end Tuesday as voters decide who will fill the seat of the late Sen. Kari Dziedzic, who died of cancer last month.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on goods from the United States in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs and sanctions. Petro, in a post on the social platform X, said he ordered the “foreign trade minister to raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%.” “American products whose price…

The DFL's Doron Clark faces Republican Abigail Wolters in the Senate District 60 special election, which includes northeast Minneapolis and the U of M campus.