Harrington To Take Over As Metro Transit Police Chief
A former St. Paul Police chief is set to become the new head of the Metro Transit Police Department.
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A former St. Paul Police chief is set to become the new head of the Metro Transit Police Department.
The tab has topped $100,000 for the Minnesota Senate's legal costs related to a lawsuit from a former aide terminated after an affair with the top Republican leader.
A lawyer for the Minnesota Senate is arguing that a lawsuit over a Republican ex-staffer's firing belongs in federal court instead of before a state judge.
The Minnesota Senate's legal costs related to the dismissal of a top GOP caucus aide have risen to nearly $85,000.
A Minnesota Senate panel is meeting next week to go over legal costs stemming from the affair that brought down the GOP majority leader and cost a senior staffer his job.
The top Democrat in the Minnesota Senate is insisting on a public hearing before he'll sign off on a $46,000 legal bill stemming from the firing of a high-ranking staff member.
After just two years in office, Minnesota Sen. John Harrington says he is stepping down. According to the Pioneer Press, the former St. Paul police chief is set to publicly announce the decision today.
The legal tab for the Minnesota Senate over the firing of a high-ranking staffer is $46,150 and counting.
After the Minnesota House approved a revised stadium bill on a 41-30 vote following several hours of negotiations, the Minnesota Senate passed the bill Thursday afternoon by a 36-30 margin.
The Minnesota Vikings' pursuit of a $975 million stadium went to the floor of the state Senate on Thursday and even opponents predicted it would clear its final hurdle.
The Republican-controlled Minnesota House passed what one lawmaker called a "smokin' hot tax bill" on Tuesday, but the measure that would cost the state $52 million in lost taxes this year alone is likely to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton.
A bill making significant changes to the process for teacher layoffs is headed to Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, who has pledged a veto.
The Senate Taxes Committee has narrowly sent the $1 billion Vikings stadium bill to the floor of the Minnesota Senate.
Hunting and fishing fees in Minnesota are on the verge of going up.
The outdoors groups that angled for higher license fees could have to shell out more money for hunting and fishing after the Minnesota Senate voted Monday to raise the fees for the first time in 11 years.
A top Republican says a confidential legal arrangement in the Minnesota Senate is costing taxpayers $200 to $300 an hour stemming from a high-level scandal involving the former majority leader.
Minnesotans are one step closer to legally buying and shooting off a wider range of fireworks this summer.
The private attorney hired by the Minnesota Senate to handle fallout from the former majority leader's extramarital affair said Tuesday she doesn't have a formal contract outlining her duties and refused to say how much she is being paid.
A proposal to raise hunting and fishing license fees has been put on hold in the Minnesota Senate.
The Minnesota Senate is set to give the voter ID constitutional amendment its final push to November's statewide ballot.
The Minnesota Senate voted Friday to reduce and eventually eliminate the state's property tax on businesses and to give an income tax break to married couples.
Minnesota Senate Republicans are proposing $496 million in building and infrastructure projects around the state.
Democrats in a handful of western Minnesota counties have chosen a candidate for a special election next month to fill an open state Senate seat.
The Minnesota Legislature has agreed to let voters choose in November if they want a voter photo ID requirement in the state constitution, but some political groups have vowed to challenge the amendment in court before it even reaches the ballot.
A former Minnesota legislative employee who was fired in connection to an affair with the Senate majority leader is taking a concrete step toward a possible lawsuit.
