Minnesota Senate Passes Final Vikings Stadium Bill
After the Minnesota House approved a revised stadium bill on a 41-30 vote following several hours of negotiations, the Minnesota Senate passed the bill Thursday afternoon by a 36-30 margin.
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After the Minnesota House approved a revised stadium bill on a 41-30 vote following several hours of negotiations, the Minnesota Senate passed the bill Thursday afternoon by a 36-30 margin.
Associate Justice Helen Meyer said Thursday she's stepping down from the Minnesota Supreme Court, giving Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton his first chance to make an appointment to the conservative-leaning high court.
Saying she wanted to make her pride in America "perfectly clear," Rep. Michele Bachmann sent a letter withdrawing her citizenship from Switzerland.
The Minnesota Vikings' pursuit of a $975 million stadium went to the floor of the state Senate on Thursday and even opponents predicted it would clear its final hurdle.
A former Minnesota Governor is taking issue with the closed-door talks that produced the final Vikings stadium package.
Minnesota lawmakers worked out the final version of a bill for a new Vikings stadium Wednesday and raised the amount the team would pay by $50 million, a calculated move that could soon put the team in the new facility it has long coveted.
President Barack Obama made history Wednesday by becoming the first President to support marriage equality for same-sex couples during an interview with Good Morning America's Robin Roberts.
The Minnesota House was set to vote Wednesday on a renegotiated package of tax breaks with smaller cuts for businesses than the bill Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed last week.
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is scheduled to speak at the Minnesota Republican Convention next week in St. Cloud.
The Democrats' hope for ousting Scott Walker is a low-key, well-liked Milwaukee mayor whose last brush with fame came when he interceded in a fight outside the Wisconsin State Fair and got badly beaten with a tire iron.
Wheelock Whitney said he is pleased that President Barack Obama now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences.
Minnesota lawmakers working out a final Vikings stadium bill must decide how much money the team should put into the $975 million proposal.
Lost in the shuffle of the stadium debate is another bill dealing with a serious problem in Minnesota: homelessness.
The Wisconsin recall election targeting Republican Gov. Scott Walker on June 5 will be a rematch of the 2010 race Walker won.
The Minnesota Senate voted in favor of the new stadium –- 38 to 28 -- just before midnight after debating for 11 hours on Tuesday.
