Minn. Health Care Exchange Heads For Final Votes
The Minnesota House is preparing for what could be its final vote on a bill creating an health insurance exchange, but the debate could steer into abortion politics.
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The Minnesota House is preparing for what could be its final vote on a bill creating an health insurance exchange, but the debate could steer into abortion politics.
Opponents of wolf hunting are going before a Minnesota Senate panel to call for a five-year moratorium on future wolf seasons.
Minnesota's Senate Education Committee is considering a bill to prohibit schools from placing a student in a classroom led by a teacher deemed unsatisfactory under state standards, if that student had one the previous year.
A Senate panel is set to vote on changes to Minnesota's gun laws, including whether to require background checks for all gun purchases.
Gov. Mark Dayton told hundreds of state business leaders on Wednesday he's not backing down from a plan to raise taxes on high income Minnesotans.
The bill to allow gay weddings in Minnesota has survived several moves by Senate Republicans to block it.
Gov. Mark Dayton has told Minnesota business leaders to expect his revised budget plan to call for $1.8 billion in new state taxes, largely by raising rates on the highest earners.
The administration of Gov. Mark Dayton is vowing to shrink the number of Minnesota students who don't graduate from high school.
Minnesota won't have a showdown over medical marijuana this year. Heather Azzi of Minnesotans for Compassionate Care, a pro-marijuana policy group, said Wednesday that bills to permit marijuana for medical reasons will be introduced in the next week or two.
Same-sex marriage bills are advancing at the State Capitol as on Tuesday, two legislative committees passed them. This is the first time that any Minnesota legislative committee has ever backed marriage rights for gay couples.
Minnesota lawmakers are considering setting up a statewide text message suicide prevention program.
A new state law passed last year requires anyone who wants to be a new teacher in Minnesota to take what's called a basic skills test. But now, some are questioning whether that test is fair.
A Minnesota Senate committee has approved a bill that would legalize gay marriage in the state. The bill was endorsed on a 5 to 3 party-line vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans opposed.
Minnesota's Commission on Judicial Selection recommended three candidates to Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday to replace Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson when he retires at the end of May.
A former state representative says she has always regretted her vote for a constitutional amendment that would have limited marriage to one man and one woman.
