Minnesota Government News

They can be difficult enough to understand if one is not well versed in legal or insurance issues, but sometimes they even stump lawyers.

The Brainerd Police Department was notified by the Minnesota Department of Corrections that the location on the 900 block of South Seventh Street where predatory offender Joshua Paul Rinde was going to live at is not appropriate at this time.

The worldwide diabetes epidemic is taking a huge toll in Minnesota. One-third of all adults in the state either have diabetes or are pre-diabetic, with blood glucose levels that are higher than normal.

The federal money was given to colleges across Minnesota. Riverland Community College is one of 11 schools to receive money from the Minnesota Department of Health to help pregnant and parent students in school.

Mild-mannered Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman, described by Republican and Democratic predecessors as a good listener, has put the teeth back into the agency.

For a government to be successful, it must continually re-evaluate current practices and be willing to make needed changes to its own programs and services.

The Republican presidential race has taken on a white-hot intensity here as Minnesotans prepare to caucus Tuesday night, with major candidates scurrying across the state hoping to gain an edge that could reshape the contest.The... more As I said back in December, I have no plans to endorse a candidate for President of the United States.

Seated on a carpeted hotel floor, dozens of female Republican undergrads lined up on Saturday morning for a chance to meet Sarah Palin.

Chuck Darrell , Elizabeth Glidden , Gay , Mark Dayton , Marriage Amendment , Minneapolis , Minnesota For Marriage , Minnesota Rabbinical Association , Reg Chapman , Same-Sex MINNEAPOLIS - The debate over a proposed marriage amendment, which would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, is heating up.

Property taxes on Minnesota businesses would be slashed by about 30 percent over the next six to 12 years under legislation the Republican-controlled Legislature is almost certain to pass this year.

Licensed resource teacher Olivia Stewart read a story, "Ron's Big Mission," to second grade students at Earle Brown Elementary School in Brooklyn Center last September.

After shutting down the state government last year and a return to the capital in which the MN republicans had to replace all their leaders under the cloud of scandals, one of the first acts of the republican-controlled Senate was to fire Ellen Anderson, the Chair of the Public Utilities Commission, on a party-line vote that was nothing but ... (more)

DNR Staff Report Charges were filed earlier by the Jackson County attorney's office against a Jackson County man in southwestern Minnesota for allegedly shooting a cougar on Nov.

Pregnant women who eat fish from northeastern Minnesota lakes will want to consider a new study recently released by the state's Department of Health.

Republicans in St. Paul are pushing for Minnesota to become the newest right-to-work state.

A panel of judges has approved the discharge of a 64-year-old pedophile from Minnesota's Sex Offender program.

Referendums in Minnesota and North Carolina both look likely to ban gay marriage.

TakeAction Minnesota, one of the umbrella organizations powering the Alliance for a Better Minnesota, published this report in their attempt to prove rich bankers financed GOP campaigns in an attempt to suppress voter turnout.

A decade after the No Child Left Behind law rewrote the nation's education policies, President Obama freed 10 states from some of its crucial provisions Thursday, including a deadline for bringing all students to proficiency in reading and math by 2014.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks to supporters during a campaign stop on Feb.