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Top Minnesota leadership has come to an agreement on the budget for 2014-15. The agreement reached by Governor Mark Dayton, S...
Minnesota House and Senate negotiators are now sittingdown to start hammering out their differences in various areas of the s...
Top D-F-L lawmakers meet with Governor Dayton this morningand taxes will likely be one topic. The House, Senate and governor ...
(St.Paul, MN) -- Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk (BOCK) is getting lots of attention at the State Capitol after saying that s...
(St.Paul, MN) -- A bill that would trim health and human services spending in the state budget is moving toward a vote next w...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Unionized state employees would get a two-percent pay raise retroactive to the first of the year and effect...
Democrats at the State Capitol are giving Governor Dayton's budget proposal high marks for creativity, but also hint it c...
As Minnesota Senate Democrats roll out their first billsfor the 2013 session this morning (10am), the debate continues over t...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Democrats at the Minnesota Legislature fired back today (Wed) at Republicans who have been blasting them fo...
(St. Paul, MN) -- A recent Wall Street Journal article about the University of Minnesota has some top lawmakers at the State ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- State lawmakers opened their 2013 legislative session today (Tues) in Saint Paul with pledges of bi-partisa...
District 17 DFL Senator Lyle Koenen of Clara City will take on a new role in the Senate Majority this January when he returns...
Minnesota's continuing budget deficit is fueling talk atthe State Capitol about tax increases. Governor Dayton sent his r...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Democrats are talking about tax reform and/or tax increases as the latest forecast shows the state budget w...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Democrats in the Minnesota Senate this afternoon (Thurs) chose Senator Tom Bakk as their new majority leade...
Governor Mark Dayton and DFL Leaders are touring the state in the run-up to Election Day on a bus tour to rally Minnesotans t...
5-3-12 A roof appears to be back in the mix for a Vikings stadium as Republicans try to hammer out details on a plan that wou...
4-23-12 (St.Paul, MN) -- A move to delay a wolf hunting season in Minnesota for five years failed this afternoon (Monday) in ...
4-18-12 Backers are trying to revive a Vikings stadium bill inthe Minnesota Senate after it was voted down in a House committ...
(St. Paul, MN) --04-18-2012-- Backers are trying to revive a Vikings stadium bill inthe Minnesota Senate after it was voted...
(St. Paul, MN) --04-18-2012-- A plan to increase the cost of hunting and fishinglicenses in Minnesota is stalled in the sta...
4-16-12 Lawmakers come back to the State Capitol today (Mon) after their Easter and Passover break, with two weeks remaining ...
(St. Paul, MN) -- Close a corporate tax loophole so Minnesota schools get paid back sooner for delayed state aid payments -- ...
3-31-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Close a corporate tax loophole so Minnesota schools get paid back sooner for delayed state aid paym...
3-30-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- There's a proposal at the legislature to start Minnesota's fishing season one week earlier ...
3-28-28 Republicans in the Minnesota Senate unveil their bondingbill for state public works projects this morning (8am). Hous...
3-26-12 Will a Vikings stadium plan go through at the MinnesotaLegislature? House Speaker Kurt Zellers says two critical issu...
3-12-12 Hearings on the new Vikings stadium bill are tentatively scheduled for this week. Republican Majority Leader Dave Sen...
Senator Gary Kubly, 68 of Granite Falls died at Regions Hospital in St. Paul Friday night. Kubly was hospitalized last Wednes...
2-28-12 Backers of a Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis saythey're close to unveiling a proposal and it could happen...
2-17-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Senate Democrats are demanding a public hearing on what they say was campaign literature that Repub...
1-23-12 Some state lawmakers are calling for an April adjournment to the 2012 legislative session. The legislature does not n...
1-12-12 Top Republicans are cool to Governor Dayton and Democrats' proposal for a one-time tax credit to businesses that hire...
1-11-12 (St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Dayton and D-F-L legislative leaders are proposing a one-time, three-thousand-dollar tax c...
7-13-11 It's the 13th day of state government shutdown, and Governor Dayton is on-the-road for a second day, taking his budge...