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House Majority Leader Matt Dean and Deputy Senate Majority Leader Julianne Ortman brief reporters Tuesday on a proposal to build a Vikings stadium with less state money. DON DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Republicans in midst of stadium plan do-over

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Republican lawmakers say it is time for a Vikings stadium plan do-over. GOP leaders said Tuesday that they are crafting a plan less expensive for the...

news / sports Wed, May 02, 2012 - 12:00am

Legislative Notebook: Both parties agree on health-care legislation

ST. PAUL -- Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov.

news Tue, May 01, 2012 - 12:00am

Minnesota Vikings super fan Larry Spooner set up his van, big-screen television and banner in front of the state Capitol Monday, and plans to do the same in the next few days as lawmakers may consider approving a new Vikings stadium. He said he does not want his state to lose the National Football League team and become like North Dakota and South Dakota. Don Davis | Forum Communications

Super fan: Pass stadium or become third Dakota

ST. PAUL -- Larry Spooner loves Vikings football, so much that he has taken more than 40 days of vacation over the years to ask legislators to approve a new...

news / sports Tue, May 01, 2012 - 12:00am

Republican leaders meet with reporters Monday evening to say they continue to place a priority on a tax-relief bill. Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem, left, and House Speaker Kurt Zellers said the Legislature would miss its self-imposed deadline to adjourn Monday. Don Davis | Forum Communications

Lawmakers miss deadline: Future is foggy as three major issues remain

ST. PAUL - Minnesota lawmakers are unsure what will happen next after they blew past a self-imposed Monday adjournment deadline. "My crystal ball's got a little fog in it," House...

news Tue, May 01, 2012 - 12:00am

Falling home prices hit people in their 30s

MINNEAPOLIS - Call it the underwater generation. People in their 30s tend to be more mobile than older Americans, but many who bought homes in 2006 - at the height...

news Tue, May 01, 2012 - 12:00am

Rep. John Kriesel of Cottage Grove speaks to Vikings stadium supporters rallying outside the Minnesota House chambers Saturday. DANIELLE NORDINE | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Legislature appears ready to blast through deadline

news Sun, Apr 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Rep. John Kriesel of Cottage Grove speaks to Vikings stadium supporters rallying outside the Minnesota House chambers Saturday. DANIELLE NORDINE | BEMIDJI PIONEER

No stadium vote Saturday

ST. PAUL -- Dozens of Vikings fans decked out in purple jerseys rallied in the state Capitol Saturday, but went home disappointed after learning there would be no vote to...

news Sun, Apr 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Dayton signs BWCAW land swap bill

DULUTH -- Legislation that would trade away state-owned land that's now locked inside the federal Boundary Waters was signed into law Friday by Gov.

news / region Sun, Apr 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Concordia College President William Craft delivers his inaugural address Saturday in Moorhead, Minn. Craft is the 11th president of the college that was founded in 1891. MICHAEL VOSBURG | FORUM COMMUNICATIONS CO.

Craft inaugurated as 11th president at Concordia College

MOORHEAD - As he stood on stage, William Craft couldn't help but smile as he overlooked the crowd in Memorial Auditorium. He saw friends, family members, students, faculty, staff and...

news / education Sun, Apr 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Sen. Julie Rosen of Fairmont Friday tells the Senate Tax Committee about her bill to build a Vikings stadium. With her is Chairman Ted Mondale of the Sports Facilities Commission. DON DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Capitol Notebook: In Legislature, proposals just don't die

ST. PAUL -- The Vikings stadium saga illustrates tricks legislators use to turn their dreams into state law. The stadium construction plan needed to go through many committees, each examining...

news Sun, Apr 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Funding key in stadium debate

ST. PAUL - A debate about whether gambling or user fees should be used to pay for a new Vikings stadium is the latest in a long fight over how...

news Sun, Apr 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Zellers and a House staffer confer Friday as the Legislature nears its Monday self-imposed adjournment deadline. DON DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Talks, no deals, as lawmakers near adjournment

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota legislative leaders met off and on Friday with Gov. Mark Dayton's staff, with no agreement on major issues left before a self-imposed Monday adjournment deadline. Little...

news Sat, Apr 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Outdoors: State lawmakers negotiate higher hunting, license fees

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota legislative negotiators agreed with 60 outdoors groups that hunting and fishing fees should increase, but ditched a proposal to open the fishing season a week early...

news / outdoors Sat, Apr 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Stadium bill survives tough committee fight

ST. PAUL - A Vikings stadium construction plan will receive a full Senate vote after what its Senate author described as a brutal Friday committee hearing lasting more than five...

news Sat, Apr 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Minnesota Senate Tax Chairwoman Julianne Ortman says on Thursday that her priority is wrapping up a tax bill, and only then will she turn her attention to a Vikings stadium construction bill that awaits a hearing in her committee. DON DAVIS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Tax talks trump stadium hearing

ST. PAUL - Work on changing Minnesota tax laws took precedence Thursday over considering a new Vikings stadium. "We can only do so much at one time," Senate Tax Chairwoman...

news Fri, Apr 27, 2012 - 12:00am

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