Minnesota legislators squeeze out a budget at the last moment

Three more Duluth City Council candidates launched their campaigns this past weekend after receiving local DFL endorsements. Zack Filipovich, a 23-year-old accountant, and Jim Gaylord, a 38-year-old St. Louis County social worker, plan to run for At ...

With only 45 hours left to put a budget together for the next biennium, DFL House leadership chose to take up legislation that's a high priority for their special interest allies rather than put a budget together. In an interview with WCCO radio, ...

Again in April, tax revenue collected by the state exceeded forecasters' projections, according to a report last week from Minnesota Management and Budget. The April figure -- up $153 million, with gains attributed to better-than-anticipated ...

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Democratic legislative leaders reached a budget agreement Sunday that calls for $2 billion in new taxes and boosts spending for schools and property tax relief. The Democrats are relying on a tobacco tax hike and the ...

Minnesota State Rep. Steven Simon (DFL) fought back tears while giving a pro-gay marriage speech on the state House floor Thursday,

The politics that propelled the DFL to take control of the governor's office in 2010 and the Legislature in November made it a virtual certainty taxes would increase. The only question was for whom? Quite unexpected, though, and deeply disappointing ...

After first rejecting a DFL tax bill, the Minnesota Senate has narrowly passed a comprehensive overhaul of the state's tax system. Leaders of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor majority were surprised Monday, April 29, when senators first defeated the ...

The president of the German Football League (DFL), Dr Reinhard Rauball, has put forward his candidacy for another three-year term in the post when elections are held on August 7. Rauball, formerly president of Borussia Dortmund and a solicitor by ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A $15.7 billion funding package for public schools is under fire from Republican lawmakers, who say the measure up for a vote Tuesday in the Minnesota House would enlarge state government. Democratic leaders say each piece of the ...