Gov. Mark Dayton and state lawmakers are headed into the 2012 legislative session with a budget surplus, news that has a lot of elected and appointed officials taking credit for the state's return to the black. But much of the $876 million surplus has little to do with the actions taken in the past year.
(12/12/2011)
Gov. Mark Dayton says he intends to take a trade mission to China next spring or summer.
(12/07/2011)
Gov. Mark Dayton says he thinks the recent hearings in the Minnesota Senate are helping build consensus about the best way to finance a new Vikings stadium.
(12/07/2011)
Gov. Mark Dayton, state lawmakers, cattle producers and others are praising efforts to end bovine tuberculosis in Minnesota.
(12/07/2011)
As the critical 2012 presidential election year approaches, the Minnesota Republican Party is in disarray, trying to unravel the after-effects of the 2010 election - in which it captured the Legislature but lose the governor's race - and has now lost its party chairman.
(12/05/2011)
Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Tony Sutton has apparently resigned.
(12/02/2011)
Minnesota's forecast for a revenue surplus is giving state lawmakers new fodder in their battles over taxes and spending.
(12/02/2011)
The surprising news about Minnesota's projected $876 million budget surplus gives state officials some breathing room heading into the 2012 legislative session.
(12/02/2011)
Today's state revenue forecast shows Minnesota's budget is running a surplus of $876 million.
(12/01/2011)
The latest state budget forecast gets released Thursday, and will be the first look at the budget since Gov. Mark Dayton and the GOP-controlled Legislature enacted a budget plan that delayed school aid and borrowed against future tobacco payments to erase a $5 billion deficit.
(12/01/2011)
The number of Minnesota children without health insurance grew by nearly 12,000 between 2008 and 2010.
(11/29/2011)
The Minnesota Vikings stadium debate is likely to be front and center when lawmakers return for the 2012 session in late January.
(11/25/2011)
Minnesota finance officials released a report Tuesday that says last summer's 20-day state government shutdown had a minimal cost to the state.
(11/22/2011)
The Minnesota DFL Party submitted a congressional redistricting plan Friday that would place Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum into a district with GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann.
(11/18/2011)
Gov. Mark Dayton issued an executive order Wednesday that requires the state to simplify Minnesota's environmental review process.
(11/16/2011)
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