2 hrs ago | KSTP
Dayton Signs Minn. Budget Bills, Other Legislation
Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a pile of state budget bills and other legislation into law, including $2.1 billion in tax increases.
3 hrs ago | TwinCities
Brutal flu season is over; Minnesota recorded 201 related deaths
In its final weekly report until next fall, the Minnesota Department of Health on Thursday said there were a total of 201 flu-related deaths during the 2012-13 influenza season.
7 hrs ago | US News & World Report
Sen. Al Franken Still Raking in Royalties From SNL
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in October 2009. Financial disclosure forms show Franken is still making money off his career at Saturday Night Live.
12 hrs ago | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg
Republican Rep. John Kline of Minnesota
Seven million college students are on track to see their federal loan rates double this year unless Congress acts ahead of a July 1 deadline when subsidized Stafford loan rates will increase from 3.4% to 6.8%. The U.S. House will vote Thursday on a Republican plan to head off the increase inspired by an unlikely source: President Obama.
13 hrs ago | Star Tribune
All-day kindergarten is a go for fall 2014
Gov. Mark Dayton signed a wide-ranging school funding bill that includes money to provide all-day kindergarten starting in fall 2014.
17 hrs ago | CBS Local
Nearly 700 State Workers Earn More Than $100K
Even taking out workers at the state judicial branch, MnSCU and the U of M, there are nearly 700 state employees making more than $100,000. WCCO asked taxpayers on the street who the highest paid state employees and almost everyone told us it was Gov.
Same-sex marriage group raised $2 mill. for legislative fight
With an insider's eye, Hot Dish tracks the tastiest bits of Minnesota's political scene and keep you up-to-date on those elected to serve you.
Group Spends $2M Lobbying For Gay Marriage
The group that pushed Minnesota lawmakers to legalize gay marriage disclosed Wednesday it invested more than $2 million in the successful lobbying effort.
Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies
3, 2012. "She's strong enough to share the load with me, said Sobiech. . Zach Sobiech, left, plays guitar as his friend Samantha "Sammy" Brown,foreground, sings a song they wrote earlier that night called 'Star Hopping' in Lakeland, Minn., on Dec.
1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide
The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.
Cost of new Minn. top income tax rate? It depends
A narrow band of Minnesotans will pay a higher income tax under the new state budget.
Habitat For Humanity Homeowner Policy Questioned
That's because of how it decides who gets a house. Habitat for Humanity has helped 900 low-income Minnesotans become homeowners.
TPT launches Open Air, a new brand aimed at engaging young viewers
Twin Cities Public Television announced Open Air May 7, describing the programming and promotional initiative as "tailor-made to meet the demands of a new Minnesota public TV audience." Open Air's three pillars are online content, original programming and "community engagement," which will include local events.
Relax with Minnesota's best places to unwind
Sensory overload is a way of life. Minnesotans are plugged in, turned on and always connected, but sometimes people just need to tune out and de-stress. KARE 11 asked its Facebook fans to weigh in on where they go to relax.
Minnesota Capitol scorecard - what did lawmakers do and leave undone in the 2013 session?
As the final gavel fell on the 2013 legislative session, lawmakers left a changed Minnesota.
Minn. emergency responders learn from Okla. tornado
Minnesota's Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Kris Eide said she is moved by the news of the tragedy.
Dayton proclaims Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week
The designation is part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the destructive nature of the tree pests, and to spread the word about the "three P's of EAB" - Prepare, Protect, and Plant.
Minn. Legislature Ends Historic Session
Minnesota lawmakers worked right up to the end Monday before adjourning a session that produced $2 billion in tax hikes and a historic vote on gay marriage.
U of M Law Prof on MN Gay Marriage: David FitzSimmons Is 'Hero' for Religious Freedom
Minnesota state Rep. David FitzSimmons "made himself a hero for the cause [of] religious freedom" with his " civil marriage" amendment to what is now the state's new law permitting same-sex marriages .
Minn. Capitol Renovation Gets Last-Day Rescue
Extensive work on the 107-year-old state Capitol is getting the go-ahead from Minnesota lawmakers in a late financial rescue package.