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Governor Mark Dayton signed the Omnibus Higher Education Bill that will invest $250,000,000 in the University of Minnesot...
Minnesota's investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5% of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislat...
Governor Mark Dayton has proclaimed this week Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week.During EAB Awareness Week, the Minnesota Depar...
The Legislature has sent Governor Mark Dayton a school funding bill that boosts education spending in a number of areas.The S...
Democratic Minnesota lawmakers Thursday reached an agreement on a tax package that is the linchpin of the next state budget.T...
A positive vote on the gay marriage bill in the Minnesota House Thursday has not changed a Winona area lawmaker's opinion...
Next up for the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota is a scheduled final vote in the state Senate. The Senate vote is ...
Next up for the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota is a scheduled final vote in the state Senate.The Senate vote is s...
An elections bill that would let people vote absentee without a valid excuse has won approval from the Minnesota House.The bi...
The Minnesota House has scheduled a Thursday debate and floor vote on the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state.Hou...
A Chatfield attorney has been appointed by Governor Mark Dayton as the new Third Judicial District Court judge to be chambere...
Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along with Representative Tim Walz are urging the Administration to provide f...
A Survey USA--KSTP Poll shows Governor Mark Dayton with a positive approval rating but the state legislature has a very negat...
College and university administrators in Minnesota will see an end to their pay bonuses if a higher education bill is approve...
From $3 extra for a driver's license to higher charges for water usage, hundreds of millions of dollars in fee increa...
A higher education bill calling for a tuition freeze and more accountability for how education funding is spent by the Univer...
Because severe weather can threaten the lives and property of Minnesotans at any time, Governor Mark Dayton has proclaimed Ap...
Winona County Attorney Karin Sonneman is one of three candidates being recommended to Governor Mark Dayton to replace the ret...
A plan by Winona State University to revamp its curriculum for teacher education got a nod from Governor Mark Dayton this wee...
Senate Minority Leader David Hann was in Winona Friday to visit with fellow Republican State Senator, Jeremy Miller, and loca...
The City of Winona may not see a reduction in its local government aid if the state Legislature adopts a recommendation from ...
Governor Mark Dayton's latest budget proposal is calling for a significant increase in the state's tobacco tax and th...
A break began Monday for Minnesota's House and Senate.The state Legislature typically takes the week off leading up to Ea...
Minnesota's Democratic Party wants an administrative judge to rule that a veteran Republican lawmaker broke the law with ...
Governor Mark Dayton has announced that the seven member board for MNSure, Minnesota's health insurance exchange, will be...
Governor Mark Dayton says he does not support a statewide moratorium on silica sand mining for now, but he backs tougher regu...
An estimated 1,300,000 Minnesotans will benefit from legislation signed into law Wednesday by Governor Mark Dayton, including...
The Minnesota House has passed a bill creating an online health insurance marketplace that aims to give at least 1.3 million ...
Governor Mark Dayton released a revised budget plan that, he says, responsibly resolves the state's budget deficit and ma...
Republican Representative Steve Drazkowski says he is pleased that Governor Mark Dayton appears to have abandoned his bid to ...
Winona District Judge Jeffrey Thompson has been apppointed as the chief judge of Minnesota's Third Judicial District.Thom...
The Minnesota Senate has approved a bill to create the state's health insurance exchange. Lawmakers voted Thursday night ...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton tells The Associated Press he's '99.8 percent certain' he'll abandon a bid to broa...
A search is underway to find a new district judge to be chambered in Fillmore County. Judge Robert Benson has announced he wi...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton hasn't decided whether to keep a proposed sales tax expansion intact but says he expects to an...
The latest budget forecast shows an improving budget picture in Minnesota and with the improvements Eliot Seide with AFSME Co...
Minnesota's projected budget deficit for 2014-15 has shrunk to $627 million, which is down more than 40% from the las...
Winona City officials are hoping to get Governor Mark Dayton to change his proposal for calculating local government aid paym...
A highly anticipated bill that would make same-sex marriage legal in Minnesota has been announced at the state Capitol.Legisl...
Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a bill giving tens of thousands of state employees a 2 percent raise. The contracts include the f...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says he had a one hour meeting with Governor Mark Dayton Tuesday and the two talked about ...
The Legislature has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a bill that will allow about 250,000 Minnesota taxpayers to claim new federal tax d...
The Minnesota House Tax Committee has been taking a closer look at the so-called business-to-business sales tax proposal prop...
More than 35,000 low income Minnesota residents are a step closer to becoming eligible for a subsidized health insurance prog...
Governor Mark Dayton's budget would inject an additional $80,000,000 to $90,000,000 into the Minnesota Colleges a...
Governor Mark Dayton's budget woulld inject an additional $80 to $90 million into the Minnesota Colleges and Univ...
In a vote Thursday in the Minnesota Senate, Myron Frans was confirmed as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Revenue....
Different reactions to Governor Mark Dayton's state of the state speech Wednesday night at the state capital.Republican R...
A Wisconsin legislator is using Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal to try to lure business across the state border.Republ...
This is week five of the legislative session in St. Paul and lawmakers are continuing their review of Governor Mark Dayton...
Governor Mark Dayton met last Monday with lawmakers from southeastern Minnesota and representatives of state agencies dealing...
Governor Mark Dayton says there is no government money right now to build high-speed rail lines in Minnesota. Speaking at the...
A proposed new veterans cemetery near Preston may have moved a step closer to reality thanks to Governor Mark Dayton's bu...
Governor Mark Dayton says he is under no illusions about how difficult it will be to get his proposed budget through the legi...
Local residents are being asked to have some patience when it comes to Governor Mark Dayton's proposed budget released Tu...
State Representative Greg Davids is expressesing some concerns over the proposed budget that Governor Mark Dayton unveiled Tu...
Governor Mark Dayton has appointed Karen Duncan to fill a Third Judicial District judgeship vacancy.Duncan is the current Chi...
Legislators in in St. Paul are expected to begin debate this session on the issue of frac sand mining in the state.District 2...
Representative Greg Davids says he fears huge tax increases when Governor Mark Dayton unveils his budget proposal next week.D...
With Governor Mark Dayton set to release his budget proposal next Monday, State Representative Steve Drazkowski says Minnesot...
Allen Quist has made it official.The Republican Quist announced he will be a candidate in the special election for the Minnes...
Governor Mark Dayton checked out of Mayo Clinic in Rochester Tuesday and headed home for a few weeks of recuperation from bac...
Governor Mark Dayton will ring in the new year at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, where's he's extending his stay by a day ...
Next year's big debate over how to reshape the Minnesota tax system will include a serious discussion about school relian...
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton will undergo spinal surgery next week at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.Dayton's office announce...
Minnesota faces a budget shortfall of $1.1 billion for the next two years as Democrats prepare to take over the Legislatu...
Minnesota faces a budget shortfall of $1.1 billion for the next two years as Democrats prepare to take over the Legislatu...
Here's your chance to speak out about Minnesota's environment. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will hold a spe...
Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to receive a report Thursday recommending the state fortify a languishing environmental oversigh...
Goodview School third grade teacher Matt Reuter will be honored Tuesday night as the Winona Education Association's '...
Minnesota House Republicans have picked Rep. Kurt Daudt as their new minority leader.KTTC TV reports the 39 year old was chos...
The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency board has approved funding awards totaling more than $134 million to build, preserve...
The Chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota is predicting Republicans will hold on to their majorities in both the stat...
Winona area fifth graders will navigate through a hunting-themed outdoor obstacle course as part of their outdoor learning ac...
Gov. Mark Dayton says he will announce Thursday which local construction projects will get a slice of a $47.5 million sta...
A Republican-led legislative panel has rejected new contracts for more than 27,000 state employees.The Subcommittee on Employ...
A Republican-led legislative panel has rejected new contracts for more than 27,000 state employees.The Subcommittee on Employ...
Local lawmakers say it took a bipartisan effort to fashion the $167 million flood relief bill during Friday's special...
Unable to secure state funds in recent years, the Rushford-Peterson School Board has decided to move forward to construct a n...
Wisconsin and Minnesota are far apart on how much the Badger State should pay for tax reciprocity.The two states reached an a...
Republican legislative leaders are advising lawmakers to prepare for an Aug. 24 special session on flood relief.A memo from H...
The Winona County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday will get an update on efforts by a state legislator who wants the state t...
Governor Mark Dayton plans to make the final call on construction projects benefiting from a $47.5 million development fu...
A top Democratic lawmaker says Minnesota can avoid another state government shutdown by giving Democrats control of the Legis...
Wisconsin Third District Congressman Ron Kind praised Thursday's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the Obama admini...
A top aide to Governor Mark Dayton has been named to oversee construction of a $975 million Vikings stadium as head of th...
The fight for control of the Minnesota Legislature has a new urgency for Democrats gathering in Rochester for their state con...
President Barack Obama is visiting Minnesota to unveil a job initiative for veterans, and to attend fundraisers in Minneapoli...
The City of Goodview has received some good new following the completion of the legislative session in St. Paul. Even though ...
Citing the budget turnaround and sweeping strides in reform, Minnesota Republican Senate Majority Leader David Senjem of Roch...
Republican State Senator John Howe says that while he supports the new Vikings stadium he has concerns about the way it will ...
Citing the budget turnaround and sweeping strides in reform, Minnesota Republican Senate Majority Leader David Senjem of Roch...
The Vikings have their new $975 million stadium. The state Senate Thursday voted to accept a plan already approved by the...
A fast-moving Minnesota Vikings stadium bill is just a successful state Senate vote away from reaching the desk of a supporti...
Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton Friday vetoed a Republican tax bill containing breaks for businesses that would have been paid fo...
The Minnesota House has approved a tax bill that has become a linchpin in end-of-session negotiations. The House passed the b...
Governor Mark Dayton is urging Minnesota residents to call their lobby their lawmakers to get them to pass a Vikings Stadium ...
The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau will recognize 144 Minnesota farms as 2012 Century Farms including fou...
An final Omnibus Higher Education bill is on its way to Governor Mark Dayton after a conference committee was approved Friday...
The Minnesota House has moved a step closer to allowing Minnesotans greater access to legal fireworks. The House passed the f...
The Rushford-Peterson school district is asking its residents to help lobby the state legislature for a $7.5 million doll...
Local and area Republican lawmakers are expressing disappointment that a House committee this week voted down a Minnesota Vik...
A conference committee in the state legislature is considering a bill that would require high school students to use digital ...
Representative Gene Pelowski of Winona has been appointed to a conference committee on a bill that would call for teachers an...
DFL lawmakers at the state capital are calling on the Republican majority to focus more on jobs and the economy plus property...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he's ready to do whatever he can to urge voters to reject the proposed voter ID constitut...
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a Republican-crafted bill that would have repaid state IOUs to Minnesota public school...
State Senator Jeremy Miller of Winona says he and his colleagues will unveil a new Minnesota Vikings stadium proposal Thursda...
The chairman of the Minnesota House Tax Committee says he will continue to support the House bonding bill, but he likes the S...
Minnesota Senate Republicans are proposing $496 million in building and infrastructure projects around the state.The GOP ...
Advocates of a bill that would increase the price of cigarettes in Minnesota by $1.29 were at the state capital Wednesday...
State Senator Jeremy Miller says he wants to make it easier for new startup or existing businesses to get the necessary state...
Minnesota House Republicans are proposing a $280 million package of construction projects that focuses on refurbishing bu...
The Minnesota House has approved a Republican-backed measure to use state rainy-day funds to pay down debts to public schools...
Governor Mark Dayton and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie say there's a less expensive alternative to the proposal for a c...
A commercial fisherman has found a flying carp in the Mississippi River near Winona.WCCO TV is reporting that Tim Adams pulle...
Governor Mark Dayton was joined by State Legislators, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, Mark and Zygi Wilf of the Minnesota Vikin...
Gov. Mark Dayton says he wants federal approval for a new St. Croix bridge by mid-March or he will ask that state funds for i...
The Minnesota House Monday passed an emergency bill to close a loophole in sex offender law in response to the upcoming relea...
Winona Republican lawmaker Jeremy Miller called Governor Mark Dayton's State of the State speech Wednesday night an oppor...
State Senator John Howe of Red Wing says his Senate Transportation Committee is working on a new Transportation package.The o...
Republicans in the Minnesota Senate have placed two more Governor Mark Dayton commissioners on a watch list after ousting Pub...
State Senator Jeremy Miller blames Governor Mark Dayton for increased property taxes on businesses in the state.District 31 S...
The focus is on jobs and the economy as Minnesota lawmakers have returned to the state capital to begin the 2012 legislative ...
Governor Mark Dayton is creating a task force to come up with new ways to pay for Minnesota's roads, bridges and public trans...
Republicans are reacting to the jobs proposal announced Wednesday by Governor Mark Dayton who says it would create some 10,00...
The Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Revenue will be in Winona Wednesday to talk about tax reform. Myron Frans wil...
New Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem says he's planning to push the legislative agenda championed by his ousted p...
Minnesota's 2011 Teach of the Year was scheduled to have a special lunch Monday. According to Twin Cities blogger, Bloise Ols...
Gov. Mark Dayton says he's not giving up his long-range plan to raise taxes on wealthy residents, despite a new revelation of...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is gearing up for another trade mission to China.The Department of Employment and Economic Develop...
Daycare providers across Minnesota are set to vote this week on a move to unionize, and Republican Representative Steve Drazk...
There are contrasting opinions at the state capital following Thursday's announcement of an $876 million budget surplus i...
Governor Mark Dayton Tuesday signed an executive order establishing a special task force to examine the problem of bullying i...
Minnesota lawmakers are braced for bad news with Thursday's release of a state economic forecast. The Star Tribune reports th...
The expectation of another Minnesota budget deficit has legislators girding for another difficultdebate. And House Democrats ...
Citing his administration's success in streamlining the permitting process for businesses, while preserving environmental pro...
Some of Winona County's 143 child care workers will have a chance to unionize thanks to a decision made by Governor Mark Dayt...
State Senator Jeremy Miller of Winona has joined 28 other lawmakers in signing a letter to Governor Mark Dayton saying they s...
The top Minnesota House Republican says he doesn't want the Legislature to meet in emergency session this year to vote on a V...
Governor Mark Dayton has signed an executive order establishing a Vision for Health Care Reform in Minnesota. The order charg...
Another Democratic veteran is leaving the state Senate to take a full-time position in Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's cabinet. ...
One of the Minnesota businesses featured at Tuesday's Jobs Summit put on by Governor Mark Dayton is Rushford Hypersonic. The ...
Gov. Mark Dayton Tuesday convened a summit on improving Minnesota's job climate with a plea to make it "a day for no pol...
A Winona lawmaker says his trip to South Korea last week with a Minnesota trade delegation had a chance to lay the groundwork...
Republican State Representative Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa says he is not ruling out a possible 2012 bid for the First Congr...
The Minnesota Vikings say the team is willing to pay more for a suburban Twin Cities stadium, but the deal faces another comp...
After attending a jobs forum in Winona, Governor Mark Dayton also took part in a ceremony in Rochester recognizing the City o...
Governor Mark Dayton led a panel of nine local and area business leaders and officials in a discussion Wednesday on the subje...
Many of the business people on hand for Governor Mark Dayton's roundtable on jobs at Southeast Tech on Tuesday said that stat...
A policy that requires big state contractors to check new employees' immigration status is back inplay. Gov. Mark Dayton let ...
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton Wednesday signed a new budget that ends the nation's longest state government shutdown in the ...
State Representative Greg Davids of Preston says the tax bill, signed by Governor Mark Dayton as part of the budget compromis...
Offciials with Governor Mark Dayton's administration say the start-up of state government operations may be quick in some cas...
Minnesota lawmakers have approved a budget deal that will end a 20-day state government shutdown as soon as Gov. Mark Dayton ...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has called a special legislative session in hopes of ending the state's nearly three-week governme...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he is willing to call a special session of the Legislature within the next three days if Repu...
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton is offering to accept a Republican proposal to bring more money into Minnesota's budget to end a ...
Governor Mark Dayton will not be making an appearance in Winona Wednesday. The governor's press secretary, Katharine Tanucci ...
State Representative Gene Pelowski says Governor Mark Dayton will be in Winona Wednesday as part of the governor's tour this ...
Gov. Mark Dayton plans to travel around Minnesota this week as the state's government shutdown continues, even as he says he'...
Approximately 2300 members of the Minnesota National Guard Red Bulls spent Sunday afternoon with thousands of family and frie...
Governor Mark Dayton said he allowed state government to go into a shutdown because Republicans would not agree to adding a t...
Parks, road projects and rest stops are just a few of the first noticeable casualties now that Minnesota's state government h...
Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature plan to meet again on their budget disagreements as the ...
While he remains optimistic that fellow lawmakers and the governor can avoid a government shutdown on Friday, Republican Stat...
A tentative plan to finalize remaining details of a Vikings stadium bill by the end of this week appearsto be passing without...
Governor Mark Dayton has signed into law a bill, authored by State Representative Steve Drazkowski, that will benefit communi...
Gov. Mark Dayton has filed a petition in Ramsey County court laying out services that he says must bepreserved if state gover...
Governor Mark Dayton has signed two bills that were authored by Republican State Representative Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa.....
Republican Representative Greg Davids says television ads targeting him as being unwilling to raise taxes to balance the stat...
Gov. Mark Dayton says he won't let two of his cabinet members go before a Republican-led panel of state lawmakers to talk abo...
The four U.S. senators from Minnesota and Wisconsin have introduced legislativion move forward on a new bridge over the St. C...
A state government shutdown is looming as Governor Mark Dayton and the Republican-controlled legislature remain deadlocked on...
It will be illegal in Minnesota to sell or possess certain synthetic drugs starting July First, 2011, after a drug bill was s...
With Republicans and Democrats in St. Paul at an impasse when it comes to solving the $5 billion budget deficit, lawmaker...
Lawmakers are reacting to the end of the regular legislative session last night without reaching an agreement on the state bu...
State Senator Jeremy Miller of Winona says he has been frustrated with the lack of movement when it comes to solving the stat...
At least half of Gov. Mark Dayton's fix to Minnesota's budget deficit comes from higher income taxes on the wealthy. Dayton o...
Republican State Senator John Howe says he looks forward to geting a look Governor Mark Dayton's budget proposal Tuesday. How...
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton Thursday vetoed a Republican-crafted bill with $900 million in state budget cuts. Dayton has crit...
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a Republican-crafted bill with $900 million in state budget cuts. Dayton has criticize...
The battle lines are forming at the state capitol after the Minnesota House Wednesday approved a budget reduction bill, a fir...
A state House committee has given the first stamp of approval to a Republican proposal that would require all Minnesotans to ...
A $900 million package of state budget cuts could be headed to Democratic Governor Mark Dayton by week's end. Dayton has crit...
Reaffirming his commitment to make education a top priority of his administration, Governor Mark Dayton has laid out his visi...
Minnesota senators have pressed through a bill to slice $930 million from a much-larger state budget deficit. On a party-line...
If Governor Mark Dayton has his way the City of Winona could be getting some state funds this year for some local projects un...
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton says he wants the legislature to pass a one billion dollar bonding bill this session which Day...
The Minnesota House has approved $1billion in state budget cuts that would reduce aid payments for local governments, college...
The Minnesota Senate Education Committee has approved a proposal for a statewide pay freeze for school employees on a 9-7 vot...
Lawmakers in St. Paul will once again be asked to consider a law allowing racinos in the state and former State Senator Dick ...
Governor Mark Dayton has, an executive order reforming the way two state agencies do business. The Executive Order instructs ...
Governor Mark Dayton says the new director of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is Mark Phillip...
Governor Mark Dayton says that eligible Minnesotans will begin receiving improved Medicaid benefits on March 1 under an expan...
Governor Mark Dayton has announced the appointment of Ramona Dohman, Chief of Police of Maple Grove and past President of the...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is demanding Wisconsin pay $58 million to settle a tax reciprocity program that's been canceled. O...
