Despite what Gov. Tim Pawlenty and legislative leaders said several weeks ago would be a flood-only related special session, several DFL lawmakers are planning to introduce an anti-bullying measure when the bodies briefly reconvene.

Ron Elwood knows what it’s like to tilt at windmills. And for the third straight year, Elwood, an attorney for the Legal Services Advocacy Project in St. Paul, is tilting at a very large, well-funded windmill known as the payday loan industry.

A House committee this morning approved a bill that would close a loophole in state law that allows three payday lending companies to operate under rules other than those specifically written to govern the industry.

Members of the House Labor and Consumer Protection Division this morning marked their last meeting of the biennium with cookies and milk.

The recession-spawned push to draw more business investment to Minnesota has led state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to craft proposals for giving tax breaks to investors who put money into startup ventures.

The recession-spawned push to draw more business investment to Minnesota has led state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to craft proposals for giving tax breaks to investors who put money into startup ventures.

Fueled in part by high-profile business defections from Minnesota to Wisconsin last year, a number of legislators are planning a renewed push on long-standing efforts to pass "angel" incentives for early-stage investors in new state businesses.

Minnesota lawmakers consider taxing digital downloads State lawmakers are weighing the idea of joining the ranks of states that tax those who download music and ...

It’s not every day that a major company comes out of the corporate suite to attack a tax bill at the Minnesota Capitol. And it’s ...

It’s not every day that a major company comes out of the corporate suite to attack a tax bill at the Minnesota Capitol. And it’s ...