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Minnesota has had no discussion of moving state government workers onto the state's new health insurance exchange, said John Pollard, legislative and communications director for Minnesota Management and Budget.
A Minnesota businessman says he's running for governor as a Republican.
Minnesota senators are moving to pay for renovations of the state Capitol using tax dollars rather than through state borrowing for public construction projects.
Members of the Minnesota Senate will decide whether to require drug tests for lawmakers to qualify for their pay and benefits.
Every school district in Minnesota would get state funding for all-day kindergarten under an education finance bill that was approved late Tuesday by the state House.
Minnesota Senate leaders on Tuesday proposed a plan to raise more than $1.8 billion through tax increases on income, business property and tobacco, setting up an uncomfortable vote for some of their fellow Democrats from swing districts.
A Democratic state senator seen as a swing vote on gay marriage says he'll vote to make it legal in Minnesota.
A long push to fund all-day kindergarten statewide is ramping up at the Capitol.
Minnesota House members have voted to give themselves drug tests in order to be eligible for their pay and benefits.
The Minnesota House has voted to require clinics that perform abortions to pay new yearly license fees and undergo special inspections.
A growing number of young adults in the Twin Cities need some help before they're able to enter the workforce.
Minnesota lawmakers are settling in for a debate that's expected to go all night long. It's the $11 billion measure that pays for Health and Human Services programs, including hospitals and nursing homes.
State taxpayer money would go toward an expansion of the Mayo Clinic only after a hefty amount of private money and more local taxes are committed to the project, under a reworked plan unveiled in a state Senate committee on Monday.
The Senate's soon-to-be-unveiled tax plan will likely affect more than 2 percent of the state's top earners with an income tax increase, Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk said Monday.
An Iowa campaign adviser to Republican former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has released an affidavit saying the Minnesota congresswoman approved a plan to indirectly pay an Iowa state senator to work on her 2012 campaign. The arrangement could violate Iowa Senate ethics rules.
