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Minnesota legislators missed a self-imposed deadline of midnight Thursday to pass spending bills, leaving cities still in the lurch over state aid funding. "We're in crunch time, this is a...

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ST. PAUL -- The House gave final passage to Brandon's Law, a bill requiring faster police response when young adults go missing. The measure passed 131-0 Tuesday, sending it to...

Minnesota counties seeking reform this session instead find legislators doing the math necessary to balance the state books. "It's been very much a three steps forward, two steps backward experience,"...

ST. PAUL -- An attempt to lift a nuclear power plant construction moratorium fizzled Thursday in the Minnesota House. On a 72-60 vote, representatives voted to keep the 15-year-old moratorium...

Minnesota Senate DFL leadership appointed Sen. Mary Olson, DFL-Bemidji, to several conference committees to work out differences between House and Senate bills. She will serve on both the omnibus public...

A bill now in a Minnesota Legislature conference committee makes electronic solicitation of children a felony crime. The omnibus public safety policy conference committee meets today. The House version expands...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota senators voted to chop public school budgets $273 per pupil Tuesday while opting to expand a program that pays teachers based on performance instead of seniority...