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Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers

Vigorous debates on tap for Minnesota Late last week, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton provided an overview of his priorities for the next two years. The top goal for everyone will...

opinion / editorial Tue, Dec 11, 2012 - 12:43am

Winona LaDuke: Recovering from election drama

We just saw some $6 billion spent on the most expensive election in history. I’ve recovered from the drama, and I am trying to get my head straight. I thought...

opinion / commentary Tue, Dec 11, 2012 - 12:13am

A snow plow clears off Old Homer Road, Sunday near Winona, Minn. The National Weather Service is predicting a total accumulation of five to 10 inches by Monday morning. (AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Joe Ahlquist)

Blizzard conditions cause hundreds of crashes

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A slow-moving storm has dumped snow on parts of the Midwest, blanketing the Twin Cities, making roads treacherous or impassable, and leading to at least one fatal...

news / region Mon, Dec 10, 2012 - 9:57am

Mike McConnell, left, and Jack Baker attempt to obtain a Hennepin County marriage license in Minneapolis on May 18, 1970. The couple, both 28 at the time, were blocked from getting a license which prompted a lawsuit that was ultimately rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972. Four decades later, the couple is still together in Minneapolis as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to finally revisit the constitutionality of same-sex marriages. (AP Photo/Minnesota Historical Society, R. Bertraine Heine)

Minn. gay couple in '71 marriage case still united

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Jack Baker proposed to Michael McConnell that they join their lives together as a couple, in March 1967, McConnell accepted with a condition that was utterly...

news / region Mon, Dec 10, 2012 - 8:28am

Minn. Republicans looking ahead after 2012 losses

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Republicans are admitting to a 2012 "thumping" in an election in which they say they lost a messaging battle with Democrats. But party leaders who...

news Sat, Dec 08, 2012 - 1:05pm

Dayton to push domestic partner benefit

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton says he plans to include same-sex domestic partner benefits in Minnesota's state employee contracts. Dayton, a gay-rights supporter, told The Associated Press...

news / region Fri, Dec 07, 2012 - 4:11pm

Audit: Minn. nonprofit allegedly misused funds

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A legislative auditor's report faults the Minnesota Department of Health for not closely monitoring a nonprofit's spending of public grant money. The case involves the...

news / region Fri, Dec 07, 2012 - 3:57pm

Methadone may come under closer supervision

By Don Davis, Forum Communications ST. PAUL – Minnesota legislators likely will debate proposals next year to slap tighter supervision on the use of the potent drug methadone, used to...

news Fri, Dec 07, 2012 - 1:06am

Minn. gov.: No plan to redo Vikings stadium plan

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday downplayed the sluggish start of a statewide gambling initiative being counted on to help fund the new Minnesota Vikings stadium,...

news / region Thu, Dec 06, 2012 - 2:41pm

Budget uncertainty: State officials announce $1.1 billion shortfall

By Don Davis and Danielle Killey, Forum Communications ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s budget future includes uncertainty, spending cuts and tax increase proposals. Especially uncertainty. State officials Wednesday announced a $1.1...

news Thu, Dec 06, 2012 - 12:33am

Budget notebook: Parties agree tax changes needed

By Danielle Killey and Don Davis, Forum Communications ST. PAUL — Democrats and Republicans said tax reform should be part of a plan to tackle the state’s deficit and create...

news Thu, Dec 06, 2012 - 12:20am

State Budget Director Margaret Kelly tells reporters Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in St. Paul that there are savings in health care programs in the Minnesota state budget that ends June 30. (Forum Communications photo by Don Davis)

UPDATED: State deficit pegged at $1.1 billion, more if Washington fails

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota’s budget will face a $1.1 billion shortfall, state officials announced today, but that number could grow to $2.8 billion if Congress and the president fail to...

news / region Wed, Dec 05, 2012 - 2:32pm

High court: Minnesota voters entitled to accurate ballot

ST. PAUL -- Voters should have an accurate ballot, the Minnesota Supreme Court said Tuesday in releasing its reason for switching candidates in a Duluth legislative race. “Given the paramount...

news / region Wed, Dec 05, 2012 - 11:53am

Lawsuits settled over Minn. B&B fire that killed 6

NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) — Wrongful death lawsuits have been settled over a New Ulm bed and breakfast fire that killed six people last year. A Brown County judge approved...

news / region Tue, Dec 04, 2012 - 5:23pm

This photo provided by Sotheby's in New York shows some of the romantic letters and drawings the late Peanuts creator Charles Schulz sent to a young woman 23 years his junior, who infatuated him. The love notes from 1970-1971 are being offered for sale at Sotheby's in New York by the family of Tracey Claudius. (AP Photo/Sotheby's)

'Peanuts' creator's love letters going to auction

NEW YORK (AP) — The late "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz was once so infatuated with a young woman 23 years his junior he sent her dozens of romantic letters and...

news / region Tue, Dec 04, 2012 - 5:21pm

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