House negotiators rejected the Senate’s $9.50 offer last night, in part because its application would have been restricted to big businesses.

House Majority Leader Erin Murphy said she plans to hold an informational House Rules Committee hearing in late February.

The statewide straw poll contest gave the most enthusiastic party members just their second opportunity to voice an opinion in either contest.

DFL Party chair Ken Martin said the current financial state puts the party in one of its strongest positions ever.

The finding clears the path for the state to sell bonds that will help finance the stadium construction.

After years of inactivity punctuated by sporadic talks at the Legislature, the issue of Minnesota’s civil commitment of the sexually dangerous seems to be coming to a head. The question now is whether a judge will intervene to force changes in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program before the 2014 Legislature even convenes.

In a statement issued to Politics in Minnesota on Thursday afternoon, Fairview argued that it still felt that it qualified for the exemption.

The issue of voting registration apparently did not arise during the debate over the legislation's passage more than a dozen years ago.

The increase would cost about $86 million in the current budgeting period, and advocates are hoping there will be extra cash in the state’s coffers after the November and February budget forecasts.

Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter rejected calls from American Indian activists who were pushing for the delay of bond sales on the new Minnesota Vikings stadium, the Star Tribune reports. The activists are trying to get assurances that the word "Redskins," the' nickname for the Washington, D.C. NFL team, will not be displayed inside the stadium.