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ST. PAUL — Rep. Andrew Falk, DFL-Murdock, was recently appointed to serve on the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute Board and on the Legislative Audit Commission. The appointments are in addition...

ST. PAUL — Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City, has been appointed to a second term on a commission that is coordinating a restoration project at Minnesota’s Capitol, which was built...

ST. PAUL — University of Minnesota students could save more than $2,000 each during their college careers if the state provides money to freeze tuitions, school officials are telling state...

ST. PAUL — A leading Democratic state lawmaker said Wednesday he is growing more concerned about the reliability of tax revenue from electronic gambling machines that is supposed to help...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday morning that he was considering delaying releasing his budget because of recent back surgery, then said it was all a joke...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he is recovering well from back surgery, but if he is not better by Jan. 22, he may delay releasing his budget...

ST. PAUL — Taxes, education funding, constitutional amendments and health care top Minnesota lawmakers’ priorities for the 2013 legislative session, according to some of the first bills introduced. Most of...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton is planning to deliver his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature on Feb. 6. Dayton requested...

ST. PAUL — A debate about whether Democratic House leaders are plowing under agriculture interrupted an otherwise ceremonial first day of the 2013 Minnesota Legislature. Rep. Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake,...

ST. PAUL -- Sunlight turned decorations atop the Minnesota Capitol dome a brilliant gold as state legislators prepared to begin their 2013 session at noon today. But in the background,...

ST. PAUL — A mix of health-related legislation awaits Minnesota legislators, ranging from rewriting state sex offender treatment laws to finding ways to mesh state programs with Obamacare. “We have...

ST. PAUL — Democrats in control of Minnesota government’s legislative and executive branches must walk a tightrope when they return to the Capitol Jan. 8. On one hand, they need...