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Legislation introduced by State Senator John Marty in the last hours of this year's legislative session is the latest hope that universal, single payer health care can be achieved in Minnesota.

Tim Pawlenty, Republican consultant Karl Rove and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

For advocates of transportation funding, it marked a rare opportunity to secure permanent new sources of money for state highways, metro light-rail and bus rapid transit.

Here is a surprising hypothesis: The 2012 referendum that rejected labeling marriage as being only between one man and one woman in the state Constitution was not the real referendum that propelled gay marriage toward being legalized in Minnesota.

The $800 million bonding bill has failed in the Minnesota House, meaning some projects in our area won't likely happen this time around.

Certain issues come up year after year in the Legislature in the form of unsuccessful proposed bills, with the consistency and reliability of perennial blooms.

The history of welfare programs in the United States is chock full of restrictions on how recipients go about their daily lives.

Would you please let me know if this is true or not? Thank you! Barack Hussein Obama had served 14-State Governors in the United States, National Security Letters warning that the Governor's actions in attempting to form "State Defense Forces" needs to be halted "immediately" or they will face arrest for the crime of treason.

A Stream of Consciousness by Andy Aplikowski on His Life, His Politics, His Dogs, His Truck, and for other things " John McClane: You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin'. You get shot at.

By a bipartisan vote of 68-26, the Wisconsin state Assembly has approved AB-110 , a measure requiring beneficiaries of SNAP -- known in Wisconsin as FoodShare , or more colloquially as food stamps -- to spend at least 2/3 of their monthly benefits on items from "a list of state-defined healthy foods" Even if the bill is approved by the state Senate ... (more)

Every two years, lawmakers gather in St. Paul to solve a budget crisis. This year, Minnesota is facing a $627 million two-year deficit.

A Stream of Consciousness by Andy Aplikowski on His Life, His Politics, His Dogs, His Truck, and for other things " John McClane: You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin'. You get shot at.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota House of Representatives Friday passed a bill that would boost the state's minimum wage to $9.50 per hour in three stages by the year 2015.

A bill that could eventually give Minnesota the nation's highest minimum wage cleared the House on Friday, though it could be throttled back a bit before becoming law.

Posted at 2:00 PM on May 2, 2013 by Tim Pugmire Filed under: MN Legislature , Mark Dayton State lawmakers introduced legislation today to legalize the use of medical marijuana, but they aren't looking for any action on the measure until next year.

In 2007, a span of the Interstate 35 bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed , killing 13 people and injuring 145.

On Friday, C-SPAN will start branding events with likely presidential hopefuls as "Road to the White House 2016." The series starts tomorrow with footage of speeches by Vice President Joe Biden and Texas Sen.

A Stream of Consciousness by Andy Aplikowski on His Life, His Politics, His Dogs, His Truck, and for other things " John McClane: You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin'. You get shot at.

Supporters of legalizing marijuana for medical use put their plan forward Thursday at Minnesota's Capitol even though the major debate will wait until next year.

A Davison man who helped launch Michigan's constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage predicted the day would come when the federal Defense of Marriage Act was challenged.