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ST. PAUL -- Minnesota is just a few steps away from some of the biggest health insurance reforms in recent history. Lawmakers have worked out a final plan from House...

ST. PAUL -- Many Minnesotans may be perfectly happy to see sex offenders tossed behind bars, with jailers throwing away the keys. However, a federal judge says the system Minnesota...

ST. PAUL -- We spent a long day on the Senate Floor last week (March 7, 2013) discussing and trying to improve with amendments the Minnesota Insurance Exchange (MIE) bill...

ST. PAUL -- It seemed as if pretty much no one liked Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposal to tax business services, prompting him to overhaul a budget plan he presented six...

This week was very exciting because my bill to help rural hospitals got passed by the state House. The legislation addresses an issue that hospitals in rural areas are facing...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesotans should be able to buy health insurance online later this year, with legislators only still needing to wrap up the details. Senators debated 12 hours, ending...

ST. PAUL -- The author of a new gun bill says she wrote it as a compromise, but those who already have related bills are not buying it. Rep. Debra...

ST. PAUL -- Scammers who convince older Minnesotans to send money to people they think they are helping are targeted by a new bill. “These scams continue to be a...

ST. PAUL -- A rural Minnesota woman said if some schools had better programs and plans to deal with bullying, her son might not killed himself. “I believe that my...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesotans either will get a better deal on health insurance or they will face problems if the Legislature and governor agree on a new way for 1.3...

The February forecast released Thursday, Feb. 28 shows a projected fiscal year 2014-15 budget deficit of $627 million. This is an improvement of $463 million from the November budget forecast...

ST. PAUL -- Legislative leaders say the governor has a good chance of getting $30 million he wants included in the next two-year budget to help businesses move to Minnesota...

ST. PAUL — The area of Minnesota’s landscape in severe to extreme drought diminished during February, dropping from 84 percent of the state’s landscape to under 70 percent. This modest...