Public meetings planned in advance of this year’s Minnesota 280 closure and improvement project are being delayed and moved ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation often tells motorists to “Know Before You Go” by checking its 511MN.org site to get real-time traffic information, including its network of about 1,500 ...

DOT and FMCSA launched audits and tightened rules in 2025, prompting states to pause non-domiciled CDL and permit issuance amid safety concerns. Audits found widespread noncompliance, including a 99.5 ...

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing. So far, around 40 million people worldwide have used direct-to-consumer genetic ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order expediting the reclassification of marijuana as a less dangerous substance, giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the green light ...

MANKATO — The state of Minnesota and the cities of Mankato and North Mankato have reached a cost-sharing agreement that will allow $23 million in needed repairs to be made to the Veterans Memorial ...

While auto safety experts find the new dummy designs promising, there are limitations to physical tools when testing vehicle crash outcomes. The 5th percentile federal standard for female dummies is 4 ...

Minnesota will get its first real taste of snow this season on Tuesday, and that has plow drivers getting ready. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says it is prepared to deploy 800 ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy that manufacturers can soon start producing for carmakers to test in their vehicles. The female crash test dummy, ...

When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to the advocates who have long fought for better female ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...

The Department of Transportation has taken a small but important step toward adopting and mandating the use of female crash test dummies that actually resemble women, something we inexplicably don't ...