Page addressed a sold-out crowd

A storm delayed placement of the final steel beam, but workers celebrated the traditional topping off anyway.

The retiring Minnesota Supreme Court justice says ‘there is still a long way to go’ in struggle for racial equality.

The 2014 legislative session could set the stage for a high-profile battle over how Minnesota picks its judges. A broad coalition is renewing a push to pass a ballot initiative that would move the state to a judicial retention election system.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled against a petition brought by government watchdog groups who contended the photo ID ballot question will mislead voters.

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Legislature has the authority to provide titles for ballot questions and ordered Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to utilize the House and Senate's titles for proposed constitutional amendments prohibiting gay marriage and requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.

Perhaps the last legal argument stemming from the epic 2008 U.S. Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken has been settled. The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by five television stations seeking access to absentee ballots that were rejected. The state's top court ruled that the ballots aren't public data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.

The dismissal, issued without prejudice, leaves the lawmakers to take up their claim with the rest of the shutdown case in Ramsey County Court, but also leaves the door open to refile after that decision is handed out.

State Rep. Joyce Peppin arrived outside the Minnesota Secretary of State's office this morning at about 3 a.m. to be the first in line to file her candidacy.

More than half of the Minnesota Supreme Court justices slated to hear a court case challenging Tim Pawlenty's authority to unilaterally impose budget cuts were appointed by the Republican governor.