The bill would allow children and certain adults with severe illnesses -- more restrictive than a different proposal that has stalled in the House -- to ingest and vaporize marijuana as part of clinical trials. The Senate version, which has been moving with more force, is more permissive. The proposals will travel in earnest on Friday into next week.

Greta Bergstrom’s campaign strategy to win the DFL endorsement for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Michael Paymar is simple, according to her campaign co-chair. “Get out in front and get people backing you right from the start,” St. Paul City Council member Amy Brendmoen said.

At 43, Nguyen said he plans to devote this decade to public service. His first major foray into that realm was a hard-fought loss in an effort to join the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. Undeterred, he decided to aim even higher with his next target, and is now the lone declared Republican candidate to succeed two-term DFL incumbent Mark Ritchie as Secretary of State.

Political and ideological opponents did not waste their chance to grab some of the spotlight from Tuesday's groundbreaking.

Minnesota Majority is not closing its doors. The conservative advocacy group says that an emergency fundraising pitch took in more than the $20,000 that was needed to pay its bills and remain in business.

Minnesota Majority can't pay its bills. The conservative advocacy group sent out an emergency fundraising appeal on Tuesday saying that it needs to raise $20,000 by the end of the week -- or will be forced to close its doors permanently.

In his letter, Seaton argued that enacting the law would bring the state into conflict with the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

During the 1992 election cycle, individuals could contribute a total of $2,000 to state House and Senate campaigns. But during the next legislative session, those campaign contribution limits were dramatically reduced. The new caps on individual contributions to state legislative campaigns: $100 in non-election years and $500 in election years.

Broad coalition led by TakeAction Minnesota won by making the most of modestly funded drive.

Frenetic early-morning celebrations capped an historic Election Day in which Minnesota voters defeated two ballot initiatives that were a hallmark of the GOP-controlled Legislature that swarmed to victory two years ago on a national wave.