The Sierra Club's 2009-2010 scorecard for Minnesota legislators shows a lopsided record between Republicans and DFLers. Greater Minnesota DFLers also often scored lower than urban DFLers.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that will send long-awaited federal Medicaid money to Minnesota.

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota has issued its annual legislative scorecard for 2010. The scorecard is the de facto list of heros and goats among fiscal conservatives.

The Minnesota Budget Project in a new analysis tells the story of the 2010 legislative session from the February forecast to the last weekend of session.

Pawlenty line-item vetoed the tax bill. He also struck down legislation dealing with criminal convictions and a bill creating a council focusing on streamlining government services.

Governor Pawlenty has rejected a bill that allowed anglers to use two lines on open water, appropriated money for a walk-in hunting program on private land and approved a bevy of land sales.

The state's largest statewide business lobby is cheering the defeat of tax increase proposals in the 2010 legislative session. The group sees more work to be done in 2011 on an array of issues like K-12 education and workers' comp policy.

The 2010 Minnesota Legislature adjourned sine die this morning after passing a last-minute compromise that eliminated a $3 billion budget deficit. And within minutes of adjournment, the reaction flood began.

A last minute bid by DFLers to pass a K-12 education bill failed this morning in the state House.

Rep. Bud Nornes, a seven-term Republican member of the Minnesota House from Fergus Falls, was briefly hospitalized today after passing out, falling and hitting his head in the state Capitol.