Minnesota Legislature Files Suit Against Gov. Dayton
The governor's shutdown threat could mean the largest mass layoff in Minnesota since 2015.
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The governor's shutdown threat could mean the largest mass layoff in Minnesota since 2015.
Dayton signed a $650 million tax bill last month that would cut taxes on premium cigars and freeze the state's cigarette taxes in place after a 2013 hike.
Governor Mark Dayton says it was his idea to veto all of the funding for the Minnesota Legislature.
Both the House and the Senate adjourned Friday morning at about 3 a.m. after lawmakers sent five budget bills to Gov. Mark Dayton.
It's looking like Minnesota lawmakers will not finish their special session by Wednesday at 7 a.m., as planned.
The cuts affect child care, school loan re-payment and small business owners, especially farmers.
One of the issues threatening to derail any budget deal is a fight over vegetative buffers.
Minnesota budget talks are at a standstill Thursday evening. State lawmakers cannot agree on how to fund the government for the next two years.
Minnesota's Republican Legislature is sending the remainder of its budget bills to Gov. Mark Dayton's desk. Then the real work begins.
Republicans who control the Minnesota Legislature prepared Tuesday to challenge Gov. Mark Dayton over the budget.
Minnesota lawmakers' attempts to safeguard residents' internet privacy are in limbo.
Gov. Dayton has made statewide pre-Kindergarten one of his biggest priorities for the remaining two years of his administration.
All eyes at the Minnesota Legislature are on crafting a new budget, but you wouldn't know it from the pace at the Capitol.
Black religious leaders in the Twin Cities made an appeal Thursday to Christian legislators to reconsider proposed cuts to Metro Transit.
Retired veterans living in Minnesota are getting a big break on this year's taxes.
Minnesota is one step closer to federal compliance after the Senate passed REAL ID legislation late Thursday night.
Minnesota lawmakers are assembling the biggest spending bills of the year. Some are suddenly in trouble.
Republicans on a State House Committee on Wednesday voted to abolish Minnesota's health care exchange.
Minnesota lawmakers' budget-setting spree is in full swing. Cuts to state agencies and big tax breaks began to materialize this week as House and Senate Republicans started releasing detailed budget plans with a $1.65 billion surplus in hand.
Senate Republicans say they have a plan to fund billions of dollars in road and bridge repairs without raising the gas tax.
State lawmakers are advancing tax breaks for Super Bowl-related events ahead of next year's big game in Minnesota.
Minnesota lawmakers are moving to plow nearly $400 million every two years into a new state program meant to reduce health insurance premiums next year.
Minnesota Republican lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton continue to spar over the Real ID bill.
The rush is on at the Minnesota Legislature to get policy changes big and small in place.
Minnesota lawmakers are considering legislation that could spell the end for snow days.
