Dayton Gets Bill Toughening Police Dog Abuse Fines
A bill to increase the legal consequences for people who harm or kill police and other public safety dogs is on its way to Gov. Mark Dayton.
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A bill to increase the legal consequences for people who harm or kill police and other public safety dogs is on its way to Gov. Mark Dayton.
Gov. Mark Dayton is reviving a Minnesota council for early childhood education as he focuses on preparing children to start school.
Minnesota businesses that saw tax refunds delayed as the state dealt with a cash crunch are in line to get repaid sooner than anticipated.
In a year when the questions of union power and the responsibility of governments to their employees have taken center stage, St. Patrick's Day is taking on dual meaning for many Irish-Americans, with their rich ties to the labor movement.
A new report by the state Revenue Department says wealthy Minnesotans pay a smaller share of their incomes in state and local taxes.
In addition to sending a letter to Iran's supreme leader seeking the release of two American hikers, Muhammad Ali's wife says the boxing champ is also willing to go there to help make it happen.
A nonprofit health plan covering patients on government programs announced a $30 million donation to the state of Minnesota on Wednesday as a top Republican lawmaker outlined plans to tighten health and welfare spending.
A proposed liquor law change long bottled up at Minnesota's Capitol inched ahead Wednesday when a Senate committee voted to permit booze sales in stores on Sundays and all holidays.
Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is seeking the release of two American hikers from Iran by lobbying the country's supreme leader in a way that few American dignitaries can: as a brother in Islam.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty met with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at the Statehouse as he mulls a presidential bid and made his second swing into this early primary state.
The Minnesota legislature is considering a bill making human cloning a felony. But University of Minnesota researchers say it could ban stem cell research.
Minnesota's state demographer says new census figures show the state's Hispanic population jumping 74.5 percent in the past decade, mirroring a national trend.
On Monday, a prayer on the Senate floor made Democratic State Sen. Terri Bonoff feel "highly uncomfortable."
A state senator who is Jewish said Tuesday she was "highly uncomfortable" while a visiting Baptist pastor repeatedly mentioned Jesus Christ and Christianity in a prayer on the floor of the state Senate a day earlier, and wants to require that prayers in the chamber be nondenominational.
Wisconsin's Democratic state senators will have votes they cast in committee counted and other penalties imposed against them will be rescinded after they returned to the state on Saturday.
