Ex-Pawlenty Aide Urges GOP To Back Gay Marriage
A former top aide to Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday publicly urged Minnesota GOP legislators to back legalized gay marriage or risk alienating young voters.
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A former top aide to Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday publicly urged Minnesota GOP legislators to back legalized gay marriage or risk alienating young voters.
The Minnesota House on Wednesday approved a bill that would raise state taxes by $2.6 billion in part by enacting the state's first alcohol tax increase in about 25 years.
The Mayo Clinic is partway to its goal of winning state financial support for an expansion project in Rochester.
The Minnesota House plunged Wednesday into a debate over a bill that would raise state taxes by $2.6 billion in part by enacting the state's first alcohol tax increase in about 25 years.
The Minnesota founder of the popular CaringBridge Web site is abruptly ending a bid for Congress that she launched just weeks ago.
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.
