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Why help one person at a time when you can help so many more? That was Darielle Dannen’s reasoning when she decided to apply her legal skills to assisting low-income people with housing problems and business goals.

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Governor Dayton introduced his administration's plan for capital investment today, which proposes borrowing near $1 billion for infrastructure, education, economic development, and other projects around the state.

On Friday, January 3, MNsure, the state's health insurance exchange, released enrollment data for the first three months of operation.

There is no such thing as a silver bullet when it comes to making government work properly. But the closest thing to it in this imperfect world is making government open up its books and its operations to public scrutiny — what the insiders call “transparency.”

Leaders of the Minnesota Senate announced Thursday a settlement in the lawsuit brought by former staffer Michael Brodkorb. The Senate will pay Brodkorb $30,000, and all claims against the Senate are to be dismissed.

One of President Barack Obama’s conceits is that he is a pragmatist who seeks policies that work rather than pursuing a partisan agenda. On school ...

Gov. Mark Dayton started the day by greeting fairgoers at the DFL booth along Dan Patch Ave. (named in honor of the stallion that set speed records in the 1900s). One gentleman offered a somewhat backhanded compliment to the first-term DFLer.

The Minnesota State College Faculty union knows it can rely on Rick Nelson. Nelson has spent a dozen years as legislative liaison for the union ...

Sen. Julianne Ortman (R-Chanhassen) announced her campaign for U.S. Senate this morning at an event in Waconia. Surrounded by supporters, Ortman said she would be "a stronger advocate for Minnesota and a guardian of the public’s trust, with a stronger connection to real Minnesotans."