Wis. State Workers Protest 'Assault On Workers' Rights'
More protests are planned across Wisconsin on Thursday over a proposal that unions call an assault on workers' rights.
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More protests are planned across Wisconsin on Thursday over a proposal that unions call an assault on workers' rights.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who's considering a run for the White House, told Republican lawmakers Wednesday they'll be national leaders in education reform if they finally put into law a teacher merit pay bill former that Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed last year.
Top legislative Republicans are slamming Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton's budget plan as they fly around the state.
Gov. Mark Dayton is hoping that a pair of comparatively small grant programs in his proposed budget can have a big payoff in improving the state's schools.
Unionized workers in Minnesota are opposing a measure that would strip most Wisconsin public employees of their collective bargaining rights.
The Iron Range will be represented in the Minnesota House by the first new Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party legislator in a decade.
Several high ranking Obama administration officials including; U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will be in Minneapolis Thursday for the National Export Initiative Small Business Tour.
Gov. Mark Dayton appealed to Minnesota's richest citizens Tuesday to spare the poor and bear the brunt of a $6.2 billion budget deficit.
Democrat Carly Melin is leading in a special election to represent a Minnesota House district on the Iron Range.
A run for the White House has long meant enduring icy days campaigning in Iowa for the contest that starts the presidential election calendar. But this winter fewer candidates have braved the Midwestern chill. And that has left some wondering if the Iowa Republican party's shift to the right is scaring off some hopefuls and making the Iowa caucuses less competitive -- and less important.
About half of Gov. Mark Dayton's plan to fix the state's budget deficit comes from higher income taxes on the wealthy, a plan he described Tuesday as one that would "keep my promises I made to the people of Minnesota last fall."
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal is getting a harsh assessment from legislative Republicans who will determine its fate, with the governor's Democratic allies voicing philosophical support.
Minnesota veterans groups will be at the state Capitol Tuesday to announce their 2011 joint legislative agenda at Veterans Day on the Hill.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton will ask lawmakers to spare city and county governments from state payment cuts in hopes of avoiding property tax increases, a Capitol official familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.
Gov. Mark Dayton will unveil his $6.2 billion budget solution Tuesday, and the DFL governor is already running into resistance from Republicans, who control Minnesota's House and Senate.
