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Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Alan Page will hit the mandatory retirement age of 70 in August. The former Minnesota Viking sat down with The Associated Press to talk about his plans for an active retirement and to look back at his career. Here are some of his thoughts.
Majority Republicans in the Minnesota House say they will introduce legislation to take away the Governor's authority to raise the pay of his cabinet.
Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken said Friday they will recommend that Wright be named a federal judge.
As lawmakers are trying to make changes to the state's lottery, Gov. Mark Dayton is celebrating it. At a news conference Friday morning, the Governor said the lottery has generated $2.4 billion for public projects since its inception 25 years ago.
A Minnesota state senator resigned Friday from an outside job leading a municipal association that lobbies at the Capitol, despite a ruling from ethics regulators that it wouldn't constitute a conflict of interest.
As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected allies in conservative Republicans. Though the stereotype of a vaccine skeptic is a coastal, back-to-the-land type, it's generally been Democratic-controlled states that have tightened vaccination laws.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is giving members of his Cabinet a big payday: They're getting double-digit raises totalling tens of thousands of dollars.
Political action committees, lobbyists and everyday Minnesota residents spent hundreds of thousands of dollars after Election Day on campaigns. Those checks gravitated toward groups in power — Republicans who retook control of the House and Senate Democrats who retain the majority until at least 2016.
Rural lawmakers are aiming to cut farmers' property tax bills for construction projects. A group of legislators from greater Minnesota says farmers pay $10 for every $1 city residents pay when schools, cities and counties charge for new projects because farmers own more land. They're introducing a bill that would only tax a farmer for his or her house, garage and one acre of land in those situations.
To the Minnesota House victors went the campaign money spoils. An analysis by The Associated Press of newly filed campaign finance reports shows how Republicans turned their House takeover into a moneymaker.
A proposal before Minnesota lawmakers would make it a requirement that parents with minor children take a marriage dissolution course before their divorce case could proceed. The bill being introduced Thursday in the Senate includes some good-cause waivers, such as not being able to afford the four-hour class.
Opponents of wolf hunting gather at the Minnesota Capitol Thursday to celebrate a court decision that put the region's wolves back on the endangered list. It's being organized by Howling for Wolves, which opposes sport hunting and trapping of wolves.
Gov. Mark Dayton's proposed funding package for children and education could see some pushback from House Republicans this year.
Gov. Mark Dayton's proposed funding package for children and education could see some pushback from House Republicans this year. They signaled as much in a joint House hearing on finance for education and health and human services Wednesday.
State Senate lawmakers have taken the first step to abolish MNsure's governing board but say more change is needed to improve the state's health insurance exchange.
