The Minnesota Capitol has no security checkpoints or metal detectors and allows guns on its premises, making it an outlier among state houses for its relatively lax security. Those findings were ...

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A special Capitol security panel convened Wednesday for the first time since the deadly attacks on Minnesota lawmakers and their families sent shock waves around the state. The Advisory Committee on ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — New security measures took effect Wednesday morning at the Minnesota State Capitol, including a reduction in the number of public entrances during regular business hours. The ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety is cutting the number of unlocked doors at the state Capitol in St. Paul and boosting security at remaining open entrances. The move, which started ...

ST. PAUL — The state will be reassessing security measures at the Minnesota Capitol following the shootings of two state lawmakers and a break-in at the Capitol over the weekend. Law enforcement ...

Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety is cutting the number of unlocked doors at the state Capitol in St. Paul and boosting security at remaining open entrances starting Wednesday morning. The move ...

Officials will hire an independent expert to conduct a security assessment of the Minnesota State Capitol complex in St. Paul, following the home shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers earlier this ...

Law enforcement officials held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to discuss how they are addressing security concerns at and around the Minnesota State Capitol complex. Officials spoke about ...

Esme Murphy, a reporter and Sunday morning anchor for WCCO-TV, has been a member of the WCCO-TV staff since December 1990. She is also a weekend talk show host on WCCO Radio. Born and raised in New ...

There are fewer ways for visitors to enter the Minnesota State Capitol now that new security measures were put in place Aug. 6, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Two entrances with a total of ...