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While the mayor has said he aims to work out project details on a tight timetable, his office doused speculation he was turning up the heat on Minnesota United.

Bill McGuire, the former UnitedHealth Group CEO who is leading the ownership group for the new Major League Soccer team, told reporters that the group is working with the Kansas City-based Populous architecture firm on plans for an 18,500-seat stadium on a site just west of Target Field and adjacent to Interstate 94.

Next season, rain or shine, sleet or snow, if you want to watch a Minnesota Twins game in person, you will have to deal with the weather. It may seem like a good idea now, but what would have happened last Tuesday if the Twins had played outside?

This year’s legislative session is widely regarded as a “short” session by lawmakers and public policy activists. The regular session begins Wednesday and lawmakers must ...

DFL officials accuse Republicans of being too cozy with Gov. Tim Pawlenty and his ‘politics of exclusion’