Davis said the business community is firmly behind the bid to win hosting rights for the national television event, which he called "a chance to put us on the world stage."

The Vikings will contribute an annual use fee of $8.5 million to the MSFA, and another yearly contribution of $1.5 million toward capital enhancements.

Gov. Mark Dayton is “greatly distressed” by a pair of proposals recently floated by the Minnesota Vikings, according to a strongly worded letter Dayton sent to team owners Zygi and Mark Wilf.

In his strongly worded letter, Dayton urges the Vikings organization to reconsider a pair of ideas, and questions the team's role as a faithful partner with the state.

Lester Bagley, Mark Dayton, Morrie Lanning and Julie Rosen.

Lobbyist spending reports from this year’s legislative session have been unveiled by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board (CFPD). But a word of caution is warranted in assessing the numbers: They don’t include lobbyists’ salaries.

Politics in Minnesota and Capitol Report are proud to announce the winners of our Leaders in Public Policy awards for 2012.

Left for dead in April, the Vikings stadium bill sprinted to passage in the session’s closing days. What happened?

The headline-grabbing details hadn’t changed much by the time the bill to construct a new professional football stadium for the Minnesota Vikings passed through both chambers of the Legislature after more than a year of back-and-forth negotiations.

After a pair of marathon floor debates, the House and Senate passed legislation this week authorizing construction of a $975 million stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.