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The Minnesota House of Representatives voted Monday to cut state income and property taxes on businesses while slashing aid to several large cities, fulfilling key Republican priorities and setting the table for a conflict with Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton.
The City of Minneapolis is considering ending its contract with Life Time Fitness which allows police and firefighters to use their facilities.
A mix of old Minnesota hands and well-connected Republican fundraisers elsewhere will lead former Gov. Tim Pawlenty's hunt for money toward a near-certain presidential run.
The Duluth City Council is expected to weigh in on a bill that calls on local law enforcement officers to play a more active role in enforcing federal immigration laws.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is co-sponsoring legislation requiring all branches of the military to permanently preserve records on sexual assault cases.
The Republicans looking to succeed President Barack Obama all say he's bungling Libya.
For the young women of another generation the announcement that Geraldine Ferraro would be Walter Mondale's running mate was a watershed. It was thrilling, stunning news. A woman as vice president meant a woman would be a heartbeat away for the presidency.
Until it's told otherwise, Wisconsin's Department of Administration says it will move forward as though an unsettled law that takes away certain collective bargaining rights has become official.
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain told hundreds of conservative activists that the nation won't solve its financial woes until policymakers reform entitlement programs.
Wisconsin Republicans were accustomed to getting what they wanted after the election put Scott Walker in the governor's office and flipped legislative control to the GOP, even gaining some Democratic support for a series of economic measures in his first weeks in office. Then they took on unions.
A spokeswoman said that Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for vice president, has died at 75.
Target Corp. is suing a San Diego pro-gay marriage group to get it to stop canvassing outside its San Diego County stores, alleging its activists are driving away customers.
At the Minnesota State Capitol Friday, much of the day was spent on Republican's controversial cuts to the state's budget, which is the $1.6 billion in cuts to state health care programs. It was also a day for people who will be affected by those cuts to have their say.
Minnesota lawmakers are past the halfway point of their 2011 session, and with less than two months to the May 23 adjournment deadline, much work remains. Most critically, Gov. Mark Dayton and Republicans who control the Legislature are still far apart on how to eliminate a projected $5 billion shortfall for the next two years.
Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Al Franken headlined an event Friday morning marking the one-year anniversary of federal health care overhaul.
