Trolling through the House chamber Monday to get comment on the developing DFL caucus leadership picture was like pulling teeth. Most legislators were focused on the task at hand - passing a flood and tornado relief bill - and wanted to reserve talks of leadership until the general election passed.

Session 2010's tempest over whether to take a federal deal that would have jump-started Minnesota's entry to a new federal Medicaid expansion hasn't subsided. It simply followed legislators out the doors of the Capitol and onto the campaign trail.

While the gubernatorial campaigns and the legislative caucuses are attracting most of the money and attention in the current election cycle, legislative candidates in competitive districts are also getting some measure of love from the PAC donors who have weighed in with their first finance reports of 2010.

The Legislature failed this session to capitalize on a chance to help change the lives of many low-income and minority students in Minnesota.

Brett Favre’s final playoff pass didn’t get the Minnesota Vikings into the Super Bowl, and it now appears that the team’s last-minute pitch to fund a new stadium will meet a similar fate.

The Minnesota Vikings descended on the Capitol this morning with their offensive line of contract lobbyists.

A legislative committee meeting turned contentious this week when Democrat lawmakers and Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau traded barbs over the Interstate 35W bridge project and ...

Lawmakers reached a compromise solution last week on the makeup of the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR). After failing to respond to Gov. Tim ...