Reality Check: Tax Refund Shock
Thousands of Minnesotans may be shocked when they fill out their taxes this year.
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Thousands of Minnesotans may be shocked when they fill out their taxes this year.
A Minnesota House committee opened hearings Wednesday on a bill banning the controversial practice of using therapy to make gay people straight.
In the Senate, Amy Klobuchar carefully nurtured a record of bipartisanship, working with Republicans to pass less-than-controversial but important bills like swimming pool safety, voter registration and the farm bill.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar joined a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates in a uniquely Minnesota way – in the middle of a snowstorm.
Business groups and attorneys testified that nobody supports sexual harassment, but they believe the bill would have unintended consequences and drive up liability insurance costs for businesses.
Minnesota is in a heated debate over whether to legalize marijuana.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar plans to make an important announcement regarding a run for the White House on Sunday.
President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night -- the second of his presidency.
Two state senators want to protect the right of Minnesota kids to operate lemonade or hot dog stands without fear of the police.
We don't have to tell you the Minnesota Vikings are not in the Super Bowl this year, but they don't need to be in the big game to be one of the most lucrative sports franchises in the country.
A senator unveiled two bills to tighten Minnesota's gun restrictions while gun control opponents fanned out across the state Capitol complex to lobby their lawmakers against the legislation.
Legislators are working on several bills to legalize marijuana that would change Minnesota's cultural landscape.
Legislative leaders have said they expect hands-free legislation will be enacted this year, and with bipartisan support.
Minnesota lawmakers got their first look this week at the emotional debate over legalizing marijuana.
Minnesota lawmakers get a back-door pay hike every year that taxpayers don't see, in the form of automatic daily expense payments called "per diem." No receipts, no questions asked.
As pressure grows to legalize recreational pot, a Minnesota group held a press conference to say "commercialization" and normalization" of pot is the wrong way to go.
It is no secret that the Minnesota lawmakers sometimes hold raucous legislative sessions. But there's something even many lawmakers didn't know. House GOP leaders installed a "mute button" to cut off their microphones if things got rowdy!
The 2019 Minnesota Legislature got off to a fast start at the State Capitol in St. Paul Tuesday.
In his inaugural address, Walz promised to represent all Minnesotans and unite the state at a time of deep political divisions, especially in Washington.
Dayton doesn't know what's next for him, and he'll take time to figure it out, but he's grateful for what he says is the honor of his life to be governor.
About 219,000 Minnesota workers are getting the pay hike. The minimum wage for small businesses is now $8.01 an hour. And for large employers it goes up to $9.86 an hour. But many workers think it is still too low.
Minnesota's next governor named three new commissioners to his cabinet today. And as WCCO's Pat Kessler shows us, Governor-elect Tim Walz had a reason behind naming them all together.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is recommending pay hikes for top public officials around the state – just weeks before he leaves office. Some of those government salaries, covered by taxpayers, are already hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
Minnesota Gov.-elect Tim Walz has named a former speaker of the Minnesota House as his transportation commissioner and is keeping the budget commissioner of outgoing Gov. Mark Dayton.
Minnesota state revenue officials can now officially say whether or not the end of the Prohibition-era Sunday liquor sales ban was a financial success.
