If it was up to DFL Rep. Alice Hausman, Minnesota lawmakers would pass a bonding bill next session, and they would pass it fast.

President Obama has decided to expedite the Southwest Corridor light rail transit project that’s in the planning stages to run between downtown Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. The Federal Transit Administration is responsible for 50 percent of the $1.25 billion project’s cost.

A razor-thin GOP majority in the Minnesota House and a legislative district in the western Twin Cities suburbs that appears evenly split between Republicans and ...

Special elections last year sent three DFLers and one Republican to the Capitol.

Governor sets Nov. 22 as date to fill two vacant Senate seats

It’s only been two weeks since David Gaither was named chief of staff to Gov. Tim Pawlenty. But the race to fill the first-term Republican ...