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Minnesota legislators could vote Thursday to restore the House and Senate operating budgets, after Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed them in May. A conference committee approved a bill Wednesday night that would designate more than $64 million for both the House and Senate, allowing them to keep functioning for two years. The funding would be retroactive to July 1. Both chambers need to vote on the measure, and Dayton must sign off on it.
3M resolved the case on Feb. 20, just as it was about to go to trial in state court. The settlement comes in the form of what 3M calls a grant to the state for water quality and sustainability.
Minnesota's top lawmakers posed for a selfie and talked up their strong working relationship Tuesday as they previewed the coming legislative session. The chummy behavior was in sharp contrast to the past eight months of fighting each other in court.
Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered all United States flags and Minnesota flags be flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings in the state of Minnesota, from sunrise until sunset Wednesda in honor and remembrance of Col. Leo Thorsness.
Minnesota voters were choosing successors Monday for two legislators who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations, as Democrats sought to remain in striking distance of taking back the state Senate and add a solidly Republican state House seat to their list of upsets leading up to the midterms. The rare Monday special elections were triggered by the resignations of GOP Rep. Tony Cornish and Democratic Sen. Dan Schoen late last year after they were accused by several women of sexual harassment.
Today's special election for a Cottage Grove-area state Senate district will provide the latest barometer for how Democrats can capitalize on a midterm swoon for Republicans nationwide and cue up a fight for control over a closely divided Senate. But the Democratic and Republican candidates are doing their best to tune out the high stakes surrounding the unusual Monday special election, instead focusing on their legislative credentials from previous stints at the Capitol.
Monday's special election for a Cottage Grove-area state Senate district will provide the latest barometer for how Democrats can capitalize on a midterm swoon for Republicans nationwide and cue up a fight for control over a closely divided Senate. But the Democratic and Republican candidates are doing their best to tune out the high stakes surrounding the unusual Monday special election, instead focusing on their legislative credentials from previous stints at the Capitol.
It remains to be seen whether Gov. Mark Dayton's policy agenda can withstand the test of new demographic, competitive and political realities. Love or hate his policies, Gov. Mark Dayton has always communicated an authenticity about doing what's best for Minnesota and has been a counterweight to the mass of cynicism political candidates today often express toward government.
Mark Dayton probably will never land on the cover of Time magazine, in contrast to previous noteworthy Minnesota governors, such as the athletically charismatic Wendell Anderson and the outrageously flamboyant Jesse Ventura . Yet Dayton has been as impactful as either, and for a longer time.
Government shutdowns - evidence of how polarized Democrats and Republicans in office have become - are distressingly frequent news. The shutdown produced by U.S. Senate Democrats early in 2018 makes a first for them.
Gov. Mark Dayton is gearing up to select a Supreme Court justice to replace David Stras, who has been confirmed for a seat on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Here's the court at currently constituted.
With Gov. Mark Dayton not seeking re-election this year, a wide-open race to succeed him will take center stage as precinct caucuses mark the official start of the campaign season across Minnesota on Tuesday night, Feb. 6. Both the Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican parties will conduct non-binding straw polls for governor that will test the early grassroots support for announced candidates. Caucus-goers also will start the processes for endorsing each party's candidates for two U.S. Senate seats, eight congressional seats, 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives, plus state auditor, secretary of state and attorney general.
An opioid epidemic that has claimed the lives of hundreds of Minnesotans. A giant backlog of uninvestigated maltreatment complaints at senior care homes.
Jordan See and Austin Benz - garbed in matching shirts depicting a sweet little cow with a Band-Aid on her tummy and pink bow on her head - chat on a recent day about an uncommon condition of which they are becoming experts: Omphalocele. When the young couple, expecting their first child, initially heard the term, "I could barely pronounce it," said See, now 28 weeks pregnant, at their Mountain Iron apartment.
Democratic candidates for Minnesota governor are crushing their Republican opponents in the fundraising race, a signal GOP donors may be waiting to see whether former Gov. Tim Pawlenty decides to seek his old job. According to fundraising reports released Thursday, top Democratic candidates ended 2017 with a hefty cash advantage compared to lackluster totals across the GOP field.
The Trump administration on Friday curtailed a detailed review of how cordoning off more than 234,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in Minnesota from mining development would affect a neighboring wilderness area. The decision to convert the study launched in the final days of the Obama administration into a less-stringent environmental assessment could have major policy implications.
Dean said Thursday the party needs to unite around a single candidate, and he endorsed Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson. Democrat Mark Dayton isn't seeking another term.
He was there to talk about the current state of the Minnesota Legislature. But Sen. Gary Dahms said it was hard to make any predictions about the upcoming session.
President Eric Kaler of the University of Minnesota says on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, that now is the time to repair buildings on campuses around the state.
Students from the David Billingsley School of Music and Arts perform on the drums during the 32nd annual State of Minnesota Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Mahmoud El-Kati, Professor Emeritus of History at Macalester College, gives Dr. Josie Johnson a kiss on the cheek after the pair were awarded 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award during the 32nd annual State of Minnesota Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.