Lawmakers Unlikely To Beat Special Session Deadline
It's looking like Minnesota lawmakers will not finish their special session by Wednesday at 7 a.m., as planned.
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It's looking like Minnesota lawmakers will not finish their special session by Wednesday at 7 a.m., as planned.
The cuts affect child care, school loan re-payment and small business owners, especially farmers.
Congressional Democrats are harshly criticizing President Donald Trump's budget for 2018, saying it contradicts many of the promises he made on the presidential campaign trail.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges called for "one Minneapolis" in her State of the City address late Tuesday morning.
Minnesota lawmakers have reached a budget agreement, but will still hold a special session to finalize the details.
As lawmakers are running out of a time to reach a budget deal ahead of Monday's legal deadline, one piece of legislation that won't move forward is a crackdown on protesters who block freeways.
One of the issues threatening to derail any budget deal is a fight over vegetative buffers.
No governor has ever vetoed the entire state budget since 1931.
Rep. Paul Thissen of Minneapolis says it's unconscionable that a measure that won almost unanimous support would be removed.
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination on Monday as he notifies the Senate Intelligence committee that he will not comply with a subpoena seeking documents.
The final day of the 2017 session is here and positive signs of agreement are coming from the State Capitol. After weeks of partisan fighting, lawmakers spent the weekend working on a budget compromise and they'll continue that work Monday.
Minnesota lawmakers are racing against the clock to pass a $45 billion dollar, two-year state budget.
Dozens of graduates and family members silently stood and walked out Sunday as Vice President Mike Pence began his address at Notre Dame's commencement ceremony.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who says he's been appointed an assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, has denied he plagiarized content in his master's thesis on homeland security.
It's a race against time at the Minnesota Legislature, where lawmakers have just two days to finalize a new budget.
