Abrupt End To Messy 2016 Legislative Session
The 2016 legislative session ended in a chaotic mess. A pile of work remains unfinished and last-minute attempts to pay for transportation projects and use the budget surplus went nowhere.
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The 2016 legislative session ended in a chaotic mess. A pile of work remains unfinished and last-minute attempts to pay for transportation projects and use the budget surplus went nowhere.
At the party convention in Duluth this weekend, party leaders made an appeal for Minnesota Republicans to unite behind Donald Trump.
Minnesota lawmakers scrambled Sunday to finalize their plans for a $900 million budget surplus.
A bill to replace Minnesota's caucus system with a presidential primary was signed Sunday by Gov. Mark Dayton.
Lawmakers have until midnight to figure out what to do with the state budget surplus, road and bridge funding and a massive public works bill.
Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt says legislative leaders are still searching for a compromise on how to fund hundreds of millions of dollars in annual transportation fixes.
Police say a Missouri woman stole one of their cruisers and crashed it in a ditch.
The state House has overwhelmingly passed a $260 million package of tax cuts and credits.
State lawmakers have made headway in St. Paul on tax relief and spending packages but still have much to do as a looming midnight Sunday deadline approaches.
An Iowa historian who crisscrosses the state on a bus converted into a museum is pursuing an independent bid for U.S. Senate, arguing his nonpartisan approach offers a needed alternative to longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley.
State lawmakers will have another long day ahead of them as the 2016 session quickly comes to a close.
Minnesota lawmakers are returning to St. Paul with a full plate of work and less than two days to go. Legislative leaders agreed Friday to put $275 million toward a tax relief package.
Minnesota sports fans who watch games from the best seats in the house could get a cushy deal from the Legislature.
Gov. Mark Dayton is setting some conditions for a set of body camera regulations to get his signature.
Minnesota lawmakers began a marathon Saturday to piece together spending plans for a $900 million budget surplus, racing toward a midnight Sunday deadline as legislative leaders tried to finalize a compromise that could satisfy Gov. Mark Dayton.
