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A Conversation About Priorities with U.S. Senate Candidate Peggy Flanagan

Two of our Future Forward editorial board members — a board of women under the age of 25 — had a chance to talk with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who is running for U.S. Senate. Here is some of the conversation.

EXPLAINER: Minneapolis Policing Budget

  Mayor Jacob Frey’s proposed 2027-28 budget allocates…

AP News: Trump’s $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren’t eligible.

Less than one-third of all Medicare recipients are eligible for the payments, which are expected to be sent out this week. Not eligible are roughly 35 million Medicare Advantage enrollees, millions of other people with disabilities and low-income Medicare recipients.

Protecting Democracy #2: How Community and Media Are Working to Support Election Integrity

For months, teams of community leaders, unions, faith networks, neighborhood groups, and journalism organizations have been preparing for whatever this midterm election season might bring.

EXPLAINER: Mining in Minnesota

Minnesota has mined iron for well over a century, and it is still the largest producer of iron ore and taconite in the United States. Now the state is at the center of a bigger question: should it open a second kind of mining, for copper, nickel and other metals, in some of its most water-rich landscapes? This Explainer is part of a series designed to help people understand how the government — and the people we elect to it — serve the common good with the decisions they make about policy and funding priorities that impact the interconnected whole.

DEEP DIVE: Addressing Long-Time Issues of Fraud

Fraud is historically pervasive around the country. This deep dive starts with a case involving Minnesota immigrants in the 1920s, and ends with modern-day legislation and support so the attorney general's office can increase its staff to levels comparable to other states in being able to convict more people of fraud. The office has convicted 350 people of fraud since 2019, including those involving personal-care agencies, housing services, and autism treatment programs.

AP News: A high-stakes fight for state political power heats up

From our relationship with the AP News desk: "Political power in legislatures and governors' offices is at stake in the November elections in more than one-third of the states, creating down-ballot drama in the midterms that could have significant implications for President Donald Trump's agenda."

EXPLAINER: When Medicaid Changes Come Home to Minnesota (with flyer)

With the levels of misunderstanding about the systems we rely on day-to-day when we get hospital and clinic care, this Explainer is the first in a series designed to help people understand how the government — and the people we elect to it — serve the common good with the decisions they make about policy and funding priorities. #1: What Minnesotans need to know about how federal Medicaid cuts will impact everyone. Includes a one-page flyer of details.

Publisher’s Commentary on World News Day: Why Our Feminist Media Platform Exists

Today is World News Day, which coincides with the United Nations International Day for Universal Access to Information. More than a thousand newsrooms from more than 100 countries are today pointing out the value of a free press, including Minnesota Women's Press. Here is our essay on the subject.

Trina Swanson Explains Why She Can Win Pete Stauber’s Congressional Seat

"I went to a farmer's home in Aiken County recently. This man had voted for Trump and Pete Stauber every single time. We had an hour-and-a half–long conversation. He explained all the things he's dismayed about. I explained who I was and why I was running and what I was going to support. I left with a $3,500 check."

FOR SHARING: How, Where, When to Vote

Everything anyone might need to know about fair and accessible Minnesota voting in 2026. Please share, ask neighbors if they need help getting to a polling place, make a plan to vote with your network and be sure their voting registration is ready.

AP News: Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms

A report by the Brookings Institution published in 2025 found that mail voting fraud occurred in only about four cases out of every 10 million mail ballots cast.