Fri, Jan 15, 2016 - 3:20pm
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton knows his $1.4 billion public works project plan cannot happen as proposed. "It's like pushing a boulder uphill," he said Friday in announcing...
Thu, Jan 14, 2016 - 1:51pm
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton will not ask legislators to fix a prison overcrowding problem by borrowing state money to reopen a west-central Minnesota private prison or to expand...
Thu, Jan 14, 2016 - 12:47pm
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota communities and farmers would receive a $220 million boost in their efforts to clean up the state's water under a proposal Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled today...
Wed, Jul 01, 2015 - 8:55am
ST. PAUL -- Rep. Denny McNamara cried and hugged his wife after a Minnesota House committee decided he had not violated legislative rules when he shouted during a May meeting...
Tue, Mar 24, 2015 - 8:35am
Chances that Minnesota liquor stores will be allowed to open Sundays are fading, but state leaders may be chipping away at related liquor laws. Sen. Roger Reinert, D-Duluth, said Monday...
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 - 10:29am
ST. PAUL -- Much of the money in the Minnesota House's plan to tweak the state's two-year budget would go to greater Minnesota. "We focused on rural Minnesota and greater...
Wed, Mar 26, 2014 - 7:42am
ST. PAUL -- Minnesotans entitled to share in $49 million of new individual income tax breaks should wait a week and a half to file tax returns, state revenue officials...
Wed, Mar 26, 2014 - 7:39am
ST. PAUL -- Domestic assault suspects could be required to give up their guns under bills moving through the Minnesota Legislature. "This bill will stop violence and reduce the number...
Fri, Oct 04, 2013 - 10:27am
Minnesota Vikings football season ticket holders will contribute $100 million toward a new stadium by purchasing seat licenses and team owners will pay the same amount from their own pockets under an agreement signed Thursday night.
Thu, Sep 20, 2012 - 12:24pm
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon is going above and beyond: above her Capitol office and beyond what others in her job have done. Prettner Solon announced Thursday that she will skydive with the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team on Tuesday to show support for military personnel. "The men and women of our armed forces put their lives in danger every day in defense of our freedom and our way of life," Prettner Solon said. "As Minnesotans, we owe military service members and their families our sincere gratitude and constant support.
