The final legal barrier to constructing a $90 million Senate office complex was removed on Thursday.

Former four-term Rep. Dan “Doc” Severson will take on a Democrat for the open secretary of state’s office in November, beating out elections-minded former state ...

The bill was amended only slightly during Thursday's proceedings.

State Rep. Steve Simon announced on Tuesday that he's running for Secretary of State. The five-term legislator from Hopkins becomes the third DFLer to join the field.

**UPDATED** Dennis Nguyen is seeking the GOP nomination for Secretary of State. The chairman of Shanghai-based investment firm New Asia Partners expects to make an official announcement in September.

The wounds had started to heal by the time Minnesota Republicans faced each other at an annual activist gathering in Blaine over the weekend. Many Republicans had already come to terms with the drubbing that took place on Nov. 6, when both Republican legislative majorities and two GOP-led constitutional amendments were rejected by voters.

The Zellers endorsement comes on top of nearly three dozen House GOP caucus members who've backed Bills thus far.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has long been viewed as all but invincible in 2012. Six years ago she trounced a three-term congressional incumbent by 20 percentage points, the largest margin in a U.S. Senate race in Minnesota in three decades.

The first-term lawmaker is the fourth Republican to seek the party's nod to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

"I can tell you the paperwork's in the mail," Hegseth told the Star Tribune. "It is very much all systems go."