Caroline Cummings

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Caroline Cummings

A top official with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says agents could take a record amount of methamphetamine off of Minnesota streets this year if the current pace continues. Last year, the DEA seized more than 2,000 pounds of meth in the state, said Acting Special Agent in Charge Rafael Mattei with the agency's Omaha division, which covers Minnesota. That's enough to fill each seat in Target Field in Minneapolis with more than 380 doses of it.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Caroline Cummings

The ethics standards in the Minnesota Legislature are facing fresh scrutiny after a prominent state senator didn't disclose a former legal client poised to benefit from a bill he sponsored. DFL Senate President Bobby Joe Champion of Minneapolis brought forward legislation this session earmarking state grant funding for a nonprofit organization led by Rev. Jerry McAfee, for whom Champion provided pro bono work in his private capacity as an attorney in 2022.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Caroline Cummings

Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature introduced proposals to assist federal workers targeted by spending cuts in the Trump administration. Tens of thousands of employees have been fired or offered buyouts to exit. Other positions have been eliminated when funds have been rolled back in an effort to shrink the size of government. Several of these actions face legal challenges in court.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Caroline Cummings

Key Minnesota Democrats on legislative tax committees want popular social media platforms to pay a premium for profiting off of consumer data. They believe the approach would be the first of its kind in the country. Large companies with more than 1 million users would pay $165,000 per month plus $0.50 per person on the sites. Platforms with fewer than 100,000 users would not pay any tax and those platforms that fall in between would have varied rates.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Caroline Cummings

How Hmong soldiers in Minnesota are fighting to get veterans benefits The CIA recruited and trained thousands of Hmong people to fight on behalf of Americans during a clandestine operation in Laos during the Vietnam War, "Now, those soldiers hope Minnesota lawmakers will honor their legacy and give them official veteran status. Fewer than 1,000 of them live in the state today.