Mon, Apr 04, 2016 - 8:00am
ST. PAUL — Warning bells figuratively clanged Friday when a Minnesota state Senate committee held its first hearing on new legislation to force railroads to release more information about hazardous...
Thu, Mar 10, 2016 - 11:11am
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton laid out a plan for the 2016 legislative session Wednesday night, ranging from expanding broadband high-speed Internet to increasing education funding to cleaning the...
Mon, Feb 29, 2016 - 6:48am
ST. PAUL — A Minnesota economy and state budget report is a cautionary tale. While politicians haggled over taxes and spending, pretty much every state leader reacting to information that...
Fri, Feb 26, 2016 - 9:50am
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's state revenues appear to be down, a state report shows this morning. Minnesota Management and Budget, the state's finance agency, said the projected surplus is $900...
Sat, Feb 20, 2016 - 5:00pm
ST. PAUL — Minnesota landowners are to have access to maps showing where they need to install buffer strips by July 1, but questions, distrust and clarifications remain. The Minnesota...
Tue, Feb 02, 2016 - 11:25am
Dayton says special session won't happen By Don Davis Forum News Service ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton this morning ended his hopes for a special legislative session to...
Sun, Dec 27, 2015 - 10:47am
ST. PAUL — Enhancing Minnesota driver’s licenses is important enough to warrant a special legislative session, even if nothing else is on the agenda, Gov. Mark Dayton told reporters Wednesday...
Wed, Dec 09, 2015 - 12:00pm
ST. PAUL — The FBI is investigating a Minnesotan who faces federal terrorism charges to see if he was in contact with the couple involved in last week’s San Bernardino,...
Fri, Dec 04, 2015 - 7:58am
ST. PAUL — Far more United States youths can name an “American Idol” judge than the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice (John Roberts). Many youths cannot name one of the...
Wed, Dec 02, 2015 - 5:56pm
ST. PAUL — Minnesotans who provide the elderly and disabled care in their homes and other community-based settings are leaving the profession as wages cannot keep up, caregiver advocates say...
