Koch departure could delay Vikings’ stadium talks
Upheaval within Senate Republican ranks could delay work on a Minnesota Vikings football stadium Continue reading →
View ArticleDayton finds his spot as Minnesota governor
A confident Mark Dayton is ending his first year as Minnesota governor. Continue reading →
View ArticleMinnesota’s 2011 was wild political year
Minnesota’s 2011 began with liberal Mark Dayton becoming governor. Continue reading →
View ArticleLegislative notebook: Ethics complaint filed in Senate sex scandal
A couple of Democrats say the interim leader of the Minnesota Senate lied to reporters about a sex scandal in December and one of them filed an ethics complaint Monday. Continue reading →
View ArticleLegislative notebook: Senate takes up voter ID Friday
The question of whether to require voters to produce photo identifications is in the hands of Minnesota senators. Continue reading →
View ArticleTwo votes, no decision on Michel ethics case
The Minnesota Senate Ethics Committee stalled along party lines when trying to decide if a senator breached legislative ethics in dealing with an affair between the then-Senate majority leader and an...
View ArticleUpdate: Ethics committee deadlocks on Michel case
The Minnesota Senate Ethics Committee stalled along party lines Friday when trying to decide if a senator breached legislative ethics in dealing with an affair between the then-Senate majority leader...
View ArticleLegislative notebook: Senators OK bill to repay schools
Minnesota senators Monday joined representatives in voting to take money from state budget reserves to catch up on back pay owed school districts. Continue reading →
View ArticleLegislative notebook: Bill allows licenses to be sold in shutdown
Senators voted 41-24 to keep hunting and fishing license sales going if state government shuts down like last summer. Continue reading →
View ArticleStadium plan heads to final Senate committee
The Vikings stadium got “another first down” Tuesday, proclaimed the chairman of the state Senate committee that kept the bill’s recent momentum going. Continue reading →
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