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Leaders change direction: Look for ways to avoid special session 17 Aug 2013 | 03:49 am
Minnesota legislative leaders and Gov. Mark Dayton talked for days about the need to hold a special session to help communities recover from late-June floods and storms, but Friday night decided to lo...
Dayton, leaders plan Friday special session meeting 16 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
Legislative leaders and Gov. Mark Dayton plan a late-afternoon Friday meeting to work out details about a probable special session that could appropriate money for disaster relief and, perhaps, overtu...
Howling for Wolves wants this year’s hunt canceled 15 Aug 2013 | 01:08 am
An organization opposed to wolf hunting launched a petition drive Wednesday in hopes of killing this year’s season. Continue reading →
Dayton shares draft special session agreement 14 Aug 2013 | 07:16 am
Gov. Mark Dayton has given key lawmakers a proposed agreement to lead to a special Minnesota legislative session to fund disaster recovery and eliminate a farm implement repair tax. Continue reading →
Stadium authority hires Wilf investigators, delays paperwork 14 Aug 2013 | 03:55 am
By Don Davis The agency building a new Vikings football stadium has delayed signing paperwork with the team and hired investigators to look into finances of team owners after a New Jersey judge harshl...
Notebook: GOP leader wants tax change done in open 13 Aug 2013 | 03:07 am
By Don Davis The Minnesota House Republican leader says he wants to make sure that overturning a tax on farm implement repair is done in the open, unlike when lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton approved t...
Farmers have reasons not to cry over farm bill flop 12 Aug 2013 | 07:58 pm
Outside the Minnesota Corn Growers Association Farmfest tent, a sign urged people to go inside and send an email to U.S. lawmakers urging quick action on the federal farm bill. Inside, two computers s...
Political notebook: Redistricting called key political problem 12 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
Everyone seems frustrated with congressional gridlock, and a couple of politicians at Farmfest think they know the problem: the every-10-year drawing of new U.S. House district boundaries. Continue re...
DFL, GOP don’t agree on special legislative session agenda 9 Aug 2013 | 03:09 am
Democrats are willing to overturn a new sales tax on farm implement repair when the Legislature next month meets to appropriate money for disaster relief, but Republicans say they want to get rid of t...
Dayton wants Vikings owners investigatigation after judge comments 9 Aug 2013 | 02:41 am
Gov. Mark Dayton wants an investigation into owners of the Minnesota Vikings in light of a New Jersey judge’s critical comments about them this week in a 21-year-old lawsuit. Continue reading →
