First 100 Days: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Unveils Her To-Do List As President
One week ahead of the second Democratic debate, Sen. Amy Klobuchar's got 100 items on a to-do list for her first 100 days as president.
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One week ahead of the second Democratic debate, Sen. Amy Klobuchar's got 100 items on a to-do list for her first 100 days as president.
Minnesota state lawmakers last week got their second pay raise in two years -- but it did not stop them from taking more than a million dollars in under-the-radar daily expense payments during the 2019 legislative session.
Outside groups spent a record amount of money to influence Minnesota state political campaigns last year.
President Donald Trump launched his 2020 re-election campaign Tuesday at a raucous rally in Orlando. But the road to the White House goes through the Midwest, where he unexpectedly won traditionally blue states in 2016. And nearly three years later, it's a lot more bumpy.
It's one of the biggest complaints Americans have: Government is just too big. That's why a new study measures just how many public workers there are.
Minnesota lawmakers promised on opening day of the 2019 session to make it the most open, transparent one ever. 5 months later, the $48 billion budget deal was brokered by Minnesota's three most powerful politicians after weeks of closed-door meetings -- without public scrutiny.
The state of Illinois has legalized sports betting, joining a growing number of states turning to gambling to raise tax revenues.
From January to May, state lawmakers introduced nearly 6,000 bills -- the most in state history. Only 65 of them actually passed in the regular session.
Lawmakers are putting in extra hours this holiday weekend, sorting out the final details needed to solidify the states massive budget. The special session started this morning but it could drag out throughout the weekend. They're planning to work all night long, if necessary.
You'd have to go all the way back to 1999 -- the first year Jesse Ventura was Governor -- to find the last time the legislature passed an income tax cut.
The state's largest power company is switching to renewable energy at a time when President Donald Trump bashes energy sources like wind.
A budget deal is very slowly coming together at the Minnesota State Capitol Wednesday night.
The budget deal does not include any gas tax hike. The health care provider tax that Republicans opposed remains, classrooms get a 2% funding boost for each of the next two years and there's a middle-class income tax cut beginning in 2022.
Top leaders say they may be getting close to a budget deal that pays for everything from schools to public safety to health care programs. Just days ago they were billions of dollars apart, and philosophically on different political planets.
With only four days left to go before they legally adjourn, lawmakers are racing against the clock with non-stop budget talks at the State Capitol.
State officials say Minnesota has a problem: Too many jobs, too few workers. Economists say the answer is more immigrants -- while at the same time that President Donald Trump is trying to restrict them.
Minnesota lawmakers are running out of time to reach a budget deal.
The United States Constitution requires presidents to be at least 35 years old, but there is no top age limit.
On Wednesday, the Republican-led Minnesota Senate rejected a plan from DFL Gov. Tim Walz to raise the state's gasoline tax by 20 cents.
Minnesota officials say they will be scrapping the troubled MNLARS system for a packaged software solution after an independent review.
Minnesota's is the only divided legislature in the country, and there's no better example of it than these dueling tax plans.
Measles were all but "eradicated" in the year 2000 -- the same year George W. Bush faced Al Gore for president. Now, measles are making a comeback.
Fort Snelling sits at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, which the Dakota people called "Bdote." But visitor signs at the fort using the word "Bdote" have some lawmakers upset.
Pressure is mounting on state lawmakers with less than a month remaining, and little to show for it.
President Donald Trump visited a Burnsville trucking company this week to talk about Minnesota's economy. He used a Tax Day economic roundtable to highlight what he calls America's "historic" recovery.
