Broadband report: A broadband task force report issued Tuesday recommends that the state devote at least $110 million in grants and operating funds to speed ...
Read More »Status Report: Hann’s future, electoral votes, committee assignments
Hann weighs bid: An outgoing Republican state senator is considering running to become the party’s chairman. Sen. David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, told Minnesota Public Radio ...
Read More »Status Report: Employment gains, Moe to MnSCU
Employment gains: Minnesota’s unemployment rate is trickling down. November job gains in Minnesota helped drive the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment down from 4 percent to ...
Read More »Status Report: Session; Coleman’s in; ‘mega-rains’
Gov. Mark Dayton has challenged legislative leaders to agree on a special session to offset health insurance rate hikes.
Read More »Status Report: Surplus, mayor bows out, stadium flap, pot for PTSD
A $1.4B surplus forecast: The Minnesota Legislature will work with a projected $1.4 billion surplus in the 2018-19 biennial budget, according to a Minnesota Management ...
Read More »Status Report: Art debate, federal help, record voting
Capitol Preservation Commission’s vote won’t be final say on Civil War paintings
Read More »Status Report: Mills-Nolan, LRT cars, apprenticeships
Congressional toss up: A congressional rematch in northeastern Minnesota is testing whether Democrats can hang onto a seat they have held almost exclusively for decades. ...
Read More »Dayton calls for quick action on MNsure
Special session possible if leaders agree on fix, he says
Read More »Status Report: Record-breaking day, children’s home fined, MNsure tool
Record-breaking day: Minnesota saw a one-day record of 73,478 online voter registrations Monday, breaking the previous single-day record of nearly 27,000 online voter registrations. Secretary ...
Read More »Status Report: Workers with disabilities; beta test; $2 million grants
Workers with disabilities: Minnesota state officials are redoubling their efforts to hire more workers with disabilities. Gov. Mark Dayton said Thursday that he is relaunching ...
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