With Sen. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger’s election to the Senate, voters in South Maplewood and Woodbury will decide who fills the vacant House District 47A seat, with a DFL primary on Dec. 16 and a special...

With Sen. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger’s election, her vacant House seat in District 47A will now be filled by voters from South Maplewood and eastern Woodbury.  The special election is scheduled for...

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger was sworn in on Nov. 18 as the new state senator for Senate District 47, representing Woodbury and part of South Maplewood. Senator Hemmingsen-Jaeger wore a Minnesota-shaped...

The Washington County Board approved $250,000 in one-time funding late last week for 10 area food shelves in response to an anticipated disruption of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits...

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger will move from the Minnesota House to the state Senate after defeating Republican Dwight Dorau in Tuesday’s special election for Senate District 47, solidifying the DFL’s one-seat...

Voters in Independent School District 622 rejected two ballot measures seeking to hike the district’s 2026 operating levy and authorize an additional $2 million annual capital levy to improve classroom...

On Monday, October 27, letters went out that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, formerly known as Food Stamps, will be suspended.  In a new message on its website, the United...

Nine candidates are running for four open seats on the seven-member South Washington County School Board, which oversees the sixth largest district in Minnesota, with a student enrollment of more than...

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger recalls first getting involved in politics way back in eighth grade.  “It started by being a student representative for a referendum that was going for our school,” Hemmingsen-Jaeger...

Dwight Dorau is learning the rhythms of a special election. With only weeks between a primary and the November 4 general election, the retired Air Force colonel and current high school instructor is...

Former state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, convicted of felony burglary in July, was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail, to be served with work-release privileges in Ramsey County as long as she qualifies. If...

Woodbury’s Green Goods dispensary joined 12 other non-tribal Minnesota outlets last week as the first-ever licensed to add adult-use recreational marijuana to their medical inventories. The Woodbury...