Tom Olsen covers crime and courts and the 8th Congressional District for the Duluth News Tribune since 2013. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth and a lifelong resident of the city.

Former Minnesota Republican operative Anton “Tony” Lazzaro is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his trafficking ...

The majority opinion said Minnesota lacks a clear legislative stance on ghost guns and a statute was being improperly imposed ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that it is legal for Minnesotans to carry a ghost gun without a serial number.

State leaders and lawmakers are responding to the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision that ghost guns can be legal in the ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled ghost guns can be legal as federal law doesn't mandate serial numbers for certain firearms.

The split ruling could make it harder for prosecutors to bring the gun charges as they have in hundreds of cases per year.

The split ruling could make it harder for prosecutors to bring the gun charges as they have in hundreds of cases per year.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that it's not illegal to possess a so-called "ghost gun," a firearm that lacks a serial number and is often assembled in parts, after more than a year of ...

It is legal to possess so-called "ghost guns" without a serial number in Minnesota.After 14 months, that's the split-decision ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court, which said current state law does ...

Senator Ron Latz to introduce a bill regulating "ghost guns" in Minnesota, aiming to align state laws with federal standards.