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Plaid-clad Bemidjians head to St. Paul on Tuesday to lobby legislators on issues that affect Bemidji businesses and local government. About 50 Bemidji people representing business and government and wearing...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota House Republicans found no Democrats willing to join their first 2011 attempt at trimming the state budget. The bill that passed Thursday night would order Democrat...

Property tax increases posed by a Republican budget plan this week are too big and come too soon, says Assistant House Minority Leader John Persell. "We all understand that we...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota and Wisconsin governors are trying to fix a tax controversy they inherited upon taking office last week. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday sent Wisconsin Gov.

The Minnesota House's first bills under Republican control are to help business through government red tape. "One of our top focuses throughout this session is to make Minnesota a more...

ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota House committee voted Tuesday to allow new nuclear power plants in the state, with another vote coming soon to remove a ban on new coal...

ST. PAUL - It took more than 10 extra hours, but Minnesota legislators finally finished their most important job of 2010 and went home for the year this morning. The...

ST. PAUL - Minnesota lawmakers and the governor could not balance the state budget by midnight, forcing the Legislature into a brief special session. Democratic leaders and Republican Gov. Tim...

Democrats began work to pass a third budget bill destined for a veto early today, and the House majority leader brought up the possibility that a special legislative session will...

ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota Supreme Court ruling Wednesday could empty the state's cash reserves if organizations whose budgets were cut by Gov. Tim Pawlenty last year go to court...