Under the orders, a Statewide Safety Council will be created to develop a blueprint to prevent mass violence. The orders will also expand extreme risk protection orders, and safe storage education for ...

On June 14, 2025, Minnesota House DFL leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were assassinated at their home in Brooklyn Park. On that same night, state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, ...

Democrat colleagues applaud the move. Before the executive action, the Legislature was expected to vote on whether to install ...

Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Jan. 26 implementing weapons screening at the Minnesota Capitol, a major security ...

Gov. Tim Walz holds up a sharpie after signing two executive orders he said could help fend off gun violence at the State Capitol in St. Paul on Tuesday.

Vice President Biden's statement to reporters on Wednesday that the Obama Administration might take action to restrict guns created a firestorm of criticism about the constitutional legitimacy of such ...

Ahead of the 2026 legislative session, the groundwork for some of the hot-button issues is already being laid. Last week Gov. Tim Walz signed two executive orders in an attempt to address gun violence ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz signed two executive orders on Tuesday intended to address gun violence in Minnesota. "I would just say this to Minnesotans," Walz said moments before signing the orders ...

Gov. Tim Walz announced a series of gun safety executive actions today, but he also expressed frustration, saying that Republicans are blocking his efforts for an automatic weapons ban. As Esme Murphy ...

The executive order is silent about whether people with a permit to carry a gun will still be allowed to do so.