Former DFL state Rep. Mary Jo McGuire has filed to run in the special election for the Senate seat being vacated by Ellen Anderson. McGuire spent more than a decade in the House representing Falcon Heights, but opted not to seek re-election in 2002 after redistricting pitted her against fellow DFL Rep. Alice Hausman.

Ellen Anderson's announcement that she is resigning from the Minnesota Senate to chair the state's Public Utilities Commission left potential candidates for her old job less than a week to make up their minds. The filing deadline arrives on Tuesday, with the primary election slated for two weeks later.

Rep. John Lesch will seek the Senate District 66 seat being vacated by Ellen Anderson. Gov. Mark Dayton announced today that he is appointing Anderson to chair the Public Utilities Commission.

House Minority Leader Paul Thissen named five fellow Democratic representatives that will join him in leading the caucus next session.

If the phrase “sure thing” can be applied anywhere in politics, it might be appropriate in a small part of St. Paul, including Falcon Heights and a swath of territory north of Interstate 94.

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is calling on St. Paul's state legislators to push back against what he called an "imbalance" in the current Vikings stadium legislation that favors the western Twin Cities metropolitan area over the East Metro.

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman welcomed Tomihisa Taue, the mayor of Nagasaki, Japan, to Minnesota on Wednesday as part of a longtime sister-city relationship between the two cities.

State Rep. John Lesch has experienced pain greater than a House bonding bill debate. The St. Paul DFLer spent the last four months in Fort Benning, Ga., training to become an Army infantry officer.

A Minnesota House member is calling for establishment of a legislative working group to address gang activity in the wake of an investigation that found rampant fraud within the now-defunct Metro Gang Strike Force.

Following Saturday night’s close 68-65 passage of the House omnibus tax bill, there wasn’t much doubt as to who was the least popular Democrat among ...