Senate Passes Bill Extending Benefits For Steelworkers
Minnesota's Senate has passed a bill extending unemployment benefits for laid-off steelworkers, but it's not a done deal.
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Minnesota's Senate has passed a bill extending unemployment benefits for laid-off steelworkers, but it's not a done deal.
A top Republican in the state House of Representatives wants to take some of the party out of Minnesota politics.
Gov. Mark Dayton is traveling to Washington for a visit by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The 44-year-old prime minister is hoping to strengthen U.S.-Canada relations during his visit to the White House and President Barack Obama.
Gov. Mark Dayton delivered his 6th State of the State address Wednesday evening at an unusual location.
The personal and political lives of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and an embattled state Supreme Court justice have been intertwined for decades, starting with their overlapping semesters at Marquette University, where the future justice penned anti-gay opinion pieces and threatened to resign from the student government over a multicultural course requirement.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton will deliver his State of the State Address Wednesday. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton will deliver his State of the State Address Wednesday. Lawmakers returned to the State Capitol Tuesday for a ten-week session. In his speech, Dayton will discuss what he hopes the Legislature will achieve during the session.
Gov. Mark Dayton is set to lay out his legislative priorities for Minnesota in his State of the State speech. Dayton will go before a joint session of the Legislature to give his appraisal of the state on Wednesday night. The Democratic governor has said education and water quality are key issues for him.
A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who was appointed by Gov. Scott Walker last year and who is running for a full term has come under fire for things she wrote as a college student, including that abortion was a "holocaust of our children" and that AIDS victims deserved no sympathy.
In order for lawmakers to start the short 2016 session, construction on the Capitol building had to be stopped in a small area.
Retiring Rep. John Kline has endorsed Republican Darlene Miller for his 2nd District seat.
Minnesota lawmakers will open their 2016 session on Tuesday under most unusual circumstances.
Former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman spoke at length with WCCO back in February about is battle with throat cancer and the progress he had made in a clinical trial at the Mayo Clinic.
All workers in Minnesota would have access to paid family and medical leave under a new proposal unveiled by a group of Democratic state legislators.
Gov. Mark Dayton is ordering all flags be flown at half-staff in honor of former first lady Nancy Reagan.
President Barack Obama's lead trade adviser is set to visit Minnesota to tout the Pacific Rim trade deal. U.S. trade representative Michael Froman speaks Monday at the Economic Club of Minnesota's March luncheon at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
