Political operatives who have been crunching the numbers and talking to candidates see no shortage of swing districts in this year’s legislative elections. The new redistricting maps have tweaked the partisan complexion of many districts.

State Senate stalwart Keith Langseth, DFL-Glyndon, likely won't pursue an 11th term in 2012.

The Legislative Committee on Minnesota Resources (LCMR) has a new name and structure. Since its formation in 1963, the panel has been composed of Minnesota ...

Lawmakers reached a compromise solution last week on the makeup of the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR). After failing to respond to Gov. Tim ...

Proposal didn’t survive first time around in ’05, but supporters hope for change this year after Pawlenty mentions plan in State of State address

In the latest twist in this session’s push to increase funding to clean up lakes and streams in Minnesota, legislators are bringing back a proposal ...

An amended version of the state Senate’s recently passed ethanol bill is traveling the committee circuit in the House. The Senate passed its ethanol bill ...

The future of a measure to dedicate funding to natural resource preservation is in doubt after a move in a Senate committee last week to ...