📻 Tune in at noon for Politics Friday: What Democratic electoral gains mean for Minnesota as Republicans regroup. MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with Amy Klobuchar about how she’ll enact a list of priorities as she campaigned on. Then, newly picked Senate Minority Leader Jordan Rasmusson comes by to discuss how his party will approach the new Capitol alignment.
🗳️ Who should fill Klobuchar's seat? Minnesotans weigh in. Amy Klobuchar won the election for Minnesota’s governor’s race. She’ll be the state’s next governor and someone new will be chosen fill the U.S. Senate seat she leaves behind. Since the election, a list of potential appointees has been growing. Who do you want to see go to Washington? Vote on who interests you or submit the name of who you’d like to see appointed.
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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted to grant a permit for the Magellan Pipeline, a gas pipeline owned by Oklahoma-based ONEOK, to reopen near the Pipestone National Monument, over the objections of tribal nations who say the site is sacred.
Immigration activist organizations in the Twin Cities are calling for the release of an investigation into a clash between protestors and law enforcement in St. Paul almost a full year ago. On Nov. 25, 2025, a federal law enforcement operation drew protests in the city. Video from the scene showed police using chemical irritants, sponge bullets and pepper balls on a crowd of protestors on Rose Avenue.
Kenis Lopez Gonzalez is waiting on the U.S. government to fly him back to Minnesota, in accordance with a court order. He’s one of thousands of migrants deported to third countries, where they have no connections or legal status.
NEWS ROUNDUP
🙋🏻♂️ Down by 323 votes, Republican Finstad calls for recount in Minnesota's 1st District race. Republican Rep. Brad Finstad announced that his campaign will pursue a recount in the election for his first district U.S. House seat. Unofficial results show Democratic challenger Jake Johnson leads the race by just over 320 votes.
🪧 ‘Remembering them forever’: Hortman Memorial Highway honors slain lawmaker, husband. Slain lawmaker Melissa Hortman worked hard to expand Highway 610 in the north metro area. After she was killed, lawmakers renamed the roadway in her honor. A sign marking the route was unveiled Thursday.
💰 3M to pay $7B to settle claims over ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foam. As many as 120,000 plaintiffs allege they suffered health effects from exposure to PFAS. Under the agreement, 3M will pay $7.35 billion over nine years to settle the claims. 3M did not admit any liability for the contamination as part of the settlement.
🦌 Harvest outlook favors hunters ahead of Minnesota deer firearms opener. Minnesota's deer firearms season opens Saturday, marking the start of one of the state's most anticipated hunting traditions. The DNR reports the early deer hunt seasons saw a 30 percent increase in harvest numbers compared to last year.
🏀 4 Lynx will play in Unrivaled. Here's how the clubs shook out. The 3-on-3 league has taken basketball by storm, providing players another option to hone their skills and stay in the states during the WNBA off-season. The 2027 rosters for the eight clubs were announced on Wednesday.
🗳️ Minnesota Native American incumbents reelected to office. Candidates from both sides of the aisle
kept their seats. Those reelected include state senators Steve Green and Mary Kunesh, as well as state representatives Liish Kozlowski and Shelley Buck.
🎨 MN Shortlist Nov. 6-12: Queer & Funny fest, Leslie Odom Jr. in Winona and a U.S. poet laureate. The sixth annual Queer & Funny Improv Festival in Minneapolis, the Twin Cities Book Festival with U.S. poet Laureate Arthur Sze and an evening with one of the original stars of ‘Hamilton’ are among this week’s picks.
MUST LISTEN
🎧 Secretary of State lays out recount process as several midterm races end in razor-thin margins. Along with CD1, there are three races for the state Legislature that are within a margin of less than a tenth of a percent, including one in Moorhead split by just four votes. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joined Minnesota Now to explain the recount process.
🎧 Report calls for more funding, support to address 'collective trauma' across the state. A new report from the mental health advocacy group NAMI Minnesota looks at what happens when traumatic events affect not just individuals, but entire communities, and when those experiences start to pile up.
🎧 Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy on DFL wins, next steps. MPR News host Nina Moini spoke with state Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, about the election results and the priorities DFL lawmakers will pursue when the new Legislature convenes.
🎧 What’s political grief? And did it shape the midterm election? The term “political grief” has been gaining attention in recent years. It describes feelings of loss, frustration and
uncertainty about the direction of the country — and a loss of trust in political leaders and public institutions.
