Bill Aims To Expand Rights To Use Deadly Force
The Minnesota Legislature opens hearings on a bill Thursday expanding the right of Minnesotans to use deadly force against intruders in their home, sometimes called the "Castle Doctrine."
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The Minnesota Legislature opens hearings on a bill Thursday expanding the right of Minnesotans to use deadly force against intruders in their home, sometimes called the "Castle Doctrine."
A Minnesota lawmaker wants the state to make plans in case the federal government goes bust.
A bill that would make it harder for public worker unions to spend members' dues on elections and charity is headed for the Senate floor.
State House Republicans are proposing that Minnesota voters decide whether a photo ID should be necessary to cast a ballot.
Yusuf Islam, the British musician formerly known as Cat Stevens, is calling for the release of two American hikers charged with spying in Iran.
The state of Wisconsin owed the state of Minnesota and its colleges and universities nearly $13 million under the states' tuition reciprocity deal for the 2009 school year.
The next congressional election is 18 months away, but you wouldn't know it listening to the radio or watching television around Duluth and the Iron Range.
Republicans newly in charge of the Legislature outlined plans Tuesday to put a gay marriage ban before Minnesota voters in 2012, plunking a charged issue into a session that has so far been dominated mainly by a projected $5 billion deficit.
Minnesota bar owners who hope to increase their menu of gambling options, and tribal casino interests who oppose it, clashed at the state Capitol Tuesday as both sides tried to claim they want to create and protect jobs.
The lessons learned from a system of education reforms that improved low test scores and dismal graduation rates in Florida schools could benefit Minnesota, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told Minnesota lawmakers Tuesday.
Republican state lawmakers are vowing to put a gay marriage ban before Minnesota voters next year.
Gov. Mark Dayton is asking Minnesota's Republican-controlled Legislature days to send him a full set of budget bills within 10 days.
Top legislative Republicans and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton remain divided on how to fix a $5 billion deficit as the legislative session enters its final four weeks.
Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature will use the last day of state lawmakers' Easter/Passover break to fly around Minnesota and tout their political agenda at stops in several cities.
The 12 candidates running to be the next mayor of Brooklyn Park now have less than a week to woo voters before residents vote on Saturday.
