2018 starts with Lt. Gov. Tina Smith heading to Washington to take a place in the U.S. Senate. Here’s a look at what’s at stake.
As Smith heads to DC, questions linger over her replacement
AP: Senate leaders say no special session fix for Lt. Gov. drama
Republican state Sen. Michelle Fischbach is set to become Gov. Mark Dayton’s second-in-command next week, after current Lt. Gov. Tina Smith is sworn in to replace U.S. Sen. Al Franken.
OPINION: Investigate sexual harassment allegations before convicting the accused
Reporter Solveig Rennan argues in a column that both Sen. Al Franken and President Donald Trump should face fair ethics investigations on their sexual misconduct allegations before being found guilty in the eyes of the public.
St. Thomas community reacts to Franken’s resignation
The St. Thomas professor who lost to Minnesota Sen. Al Franken in the 2008 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Senate primary said Thursday that he believed Franken was not resigning for the right reasons.
AP: Franken denies allegation he forcibly tried to kiss woman
Sen. Al Franken on Wednesday denied a new sexual misconduct accusation that came from a former Democratic congressional aide that he tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006.
OPINION: Society needs to make sexual assault unacceptable
Opinions editor Sam Miner argues that the culture around sexual assault perpetrators and their victims needs to change.
AP: Franken apologizes for making some women ‘feel badly’
Democratic Sen. Al Franken issued a Thanksgiving explanation and apology in the wake of four women alleging that he had touched them inappropriately.