Congressman Keith Ellison is circulating a resolution opposing a voter ID requirement and is urging Democrats to adopt it at their precinct caucuses Tuesday. Republicans in the Legislature hope to put the issue on Minnesota's ballot in November. Ellison says Americans who don't have photo IDs should still be allowed to vote.

Hopkins Patch says Gary Boisclair will run against three-term Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) and challenge the congressman's religious tolerance with graphic television ads

Congressman Keith Ellison is slamming the New York City police department's use of a training film that smears Muslims. He says counter-terrorism training needs more oversight.

Minnesota media offered a grim story to people waking up Friday – a shooting in a Colorado movie theater left 12 dead and as many as 50 injured.

The day after a gunman killed six people at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, much of the response in Minnesota involved conversations about faith and firearms. Some in Minnesota's Sikh community hope the spotlight that's now trained on their faith will improve public understanding of Sikhs and make them less likely to be taken for Muslims. One Minnesotan in Congress hopes the tragedy leads the country toward tighter gun controls.

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison told a Senate panel looking into racial profiling that the practice is not only discriminatory, it also wastes law enforcement resources. Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, cited the New York Police Department's monitoring of Muslim university students as an example. The hearing was inspired by the Trayvon Martin case.

Minnesota gun stores say they've already been getting calls from people wanting to get their hands on the bullets -- but most shops have a very limited supply.