Safe Haven Law Expanded To Protect Newborns
A law to protect newborn babies in Minnesota has been expanded.
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A law to protect newborn babies in Minnesota has been expanded.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is proposing a 1.7 percent property tax increase as part of his budget talks on Wednesday.
A Minnesota state lawmaker is under investigation for a late night incident at a highway rest stop.
Gov. Mark Dayton is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration to declare parts of northeastern Minnesota a disaster area because of storms and flooding in June.
Gov. Mark Dayton meets Friday with Republican and Democratic legislative leaders to negotiate an agreement on a special session focused on flood relief.
Only 9 percent of eligible voters participated in Minnesota's primary. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie reported the figure Wednesday.
Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack is kicking off his re-election campaign in northeastern Minnesota after Democratic primary voters chose former Rep. Rick Nolan as his opponent.
The No. 2 Republican in the Minnesota Senate has made it past a conservative rival in a Republican primary in the southwestern Twin Cities suburbs.
Former state Rep. Allen Quist made a political comeback Tuesday, beating state Sen. Mike Parry in the Republican primary to challenge U.S. Rep. Tim Walz in southern Minnesota.
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson has won the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat the party is trying to capture for the first time in more than five decades.
Republican Kurt Bills has won his party's primary for the U.S. Senate.
Minnesota's current longest-serving House Republican lost to a tea party challenger in Tuesday's primary as voters in 44 legislative primaries picked candidates for a big November fight to control the Minnesota Legislature. But a GOP Senate leader easily turned back a conservative primary foe.
Rep. John Kline has easily prevailed in a Minnesota Republican primary election as he seeks a sixth term in Congress representing a southern suburban district.
Tony Hernandez has won the Republican primary to challenge Rep. Betty McCollum for Minnesota's St. Paul-area congressional seat.
