A $45 million earmark for the Central Corridor light rail line between St. Paul and Minneapolis has won committee approval and awaits action by the full House.
(11/15/2010)
Open enrollment begins Monday for the 735,000 Minnesotans on Medicare, the nation's health insurance program for Americans 65 and older. There are a couple of important changes to the program that they'll have to take into account this year.
(11/15/2010)
The Metropolitan Council approved a plan Wednesday to cut back on transportation projects in the Twin Cities metro area over the next two decades. Lack of money is the main reason for the change.
(11/10/2010)
Cycling advocates will hand out a limited number of free front and rear bicycle lights Tuesday evening in the Twin Cities.
(11/09/2010)
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday approved bond sales totaling $80 million to rehabilitate the more than 1,300 apartments in Riverside Plaza in the city's West Bank neighborhood.
(11/05/2010)
They want it repealed or at least changed -- and they've singled out a tiny provision which addresses a very big issue: how we will pay for our care when we get old.
(11/05/2010)
After 36 years in Congress, Rep. Jim Oberstar's defeat means the loss of a lot of clout for Minnesota transportation projects on Capitol Hill.
(11/04/2010)
The candidates for Minnesota governor appear to agree on major transportation issues: They all oppose a gas tax increase, they favor more borrowing and they support bus transit. But dig a little deeper and the three diverge on the details of all those issues.
(10/29/2010)
The Twin Cities will receive $16 million from a new loan and grant fund targeted, in part, to spur housing development along transit lines.
(10/27/2010)
Parents and young people heard tips on preventing or stopping cyber-bullying at a Minneapolis forum Thursday.
(10/21/2010)
Some of the money the Legislature approved earlier this week for flood relief in southern Minnesota will go toward conservation projects.
(10/20/2010)
A southern Minnesota man faces felony racketeering charges for allegedly helping swindle elderly people.
(10/20/2010)
Four people accused of trying to disrupt
the 2008 Republican Convention in Minnesota have reached plea
agreements that will keep them out of jail.
(10/19/2010)
Most people who lost their homes to foreclosure don't have money to challenge the result, counselors say.
(10/18/2010)
The National Park Service on Friday said a proposed bridge over the St. Croix River near Stillwater can't be built.
(10/15/2010)
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