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Will budget agreement hold? DFLers decry cuts to state health care...
Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders in Minnesota have agreed to a two-year state budget deal that significantly reduces a looming $6 billion deficit,...
Republican Justin Eichorn resigns from Minnesota Senate after child prostitution charge
Republican Sen. Justin Eichorn submitted his resignation letter Thursday morning—which was announced just moments before the Minnesota Senate was expected to vote to expel...
Minnesota Senate GOP unveils plan to eliminate $600 million in ‘wasteful...
Republicans in the Minnesota Senate unveiled a comprehensive plan on Monday that would eliminate $600 million of "wasteful or unnecessary spending" and ensure that...
Minnesota facing a projected deficit of nearly $6 billion in coming...
Minnesota is facing a worsening economic situation as new state budget projections paint a troubling picture of the state's finances.
According to Minnesota Management and...
Sen. Nicole Mitchell faces second felony charge
Prosecutors filed an amended criminal complaint Monday charging Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell with a second felony.
Mitchell, a first-term Democrat from Woodbury, was initially charged...
Senator proclaims loyalty is to district, ‘not the DFL,’ before voting...
A DFL senator from an east metro swing district expressed a lack of confidence on Monday that her Democratic colleagues will work in a bipartisan...
GOP attempt to expel Sen. Nicole Mitchell fails in the Minnesota...
Senate Republicans attempted to expel State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, from the Minnesota Senate during a Monday floor session. This measure was the latest...
Judge grants Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s request to delay felony burglary trial
A judge on Friday granted Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s request to delay her felony burglary trial until after the legislative session.
“The Defendant’s motion to...
‘Budgeting tricks’: Walz pitches .075% sales tax cut, but wants to...
Gov. Tim Walz made a 0.075% cut to the state sales tax rate the “shiny object” of his nearly $66 billion two-year budget proposal he unveiled at...
Minnesota Senate organizes as key decision about Sen. Mitchell’s criminal trial...
Legislators serving in the Minnesota Senate were in St. Paul on Tuesday for the opening day of the 94th session of the Minnesota Legislature....