Monthly Archives: March 2017
Dayton’s Call for Spending Balloons with Supplemental Budget
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton released his supplemental budget plan yesterday, proposing a further $147 million in net spending for fiscal year...
Latest Poll Shows Klobuchar Against Other Potential 2020 Presidential Candidates
ST. PAUL, Minn. - President Donald Trump may only be in his second month in office, but one Democrat is already assessing the field...
Medica Sues Minnesota Over Medicaid Contract
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Medica is suing Minnesota’s Department of Human Services (DHS) over the state’s handling of Medicaid and MinnesotaCare contracts.
Last year, Minnetonka-based...
ICE Arrests 26 in 3-Day Sweep of Minnesota
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 26 illegal immigrants in Minnesota in the past week.
The arrests were part of a broader operation...
MN Republicans Clash Over Pay Raise
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Republican lawmakers in St. Paul are disagreeing on whether to accept a pay raise slated for July 1.
In 2013, lawmakers...
McCollum Says Trump’s “Backwards” Budget Devastating to Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS - Rep. Betty McCollum (D-CD4) released a statement on Thursday calling President Donald Trump's proposed budget's discretionary spending cuts "backwards" and bad for...
Lt. Governor Tina Smith Turns Down Opportunity to Run for Governor
ST. PAUL, Minn -- It’s now open season for Minnesota’s race for Governor. On Friday afternoon, Lt. Governor Tina Smith announced that she would...
MN Senate Republicans Lay Out Plan to Put More Money in Your Pocket
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Senate Republicans, who rolled out the initiative “Advancing Minnesota” earlier this year have introduced their plan for tax relief.
The...
Mental Health Community Concerned for Future
Mental Health Day on the Hill revealed several concerns of a vulnerable community
ST. PAUL, MINN - Hundreds of Minnesotans in the mental health...
Legislators Tightening Leash on Met Council
GOP pushing for reforms to rein-in Met Council power
ST. PAUL, MINN - Lawmakers at the Minnesota State Legislature are pushing to make some...