After House leaders released their budget, Minority Leader Paul Thissen said the DFL will be on alert for use of ‘gimmicks’ or ‘shifts.'

The key financial committee leaders in both houses of the Legislature are withholding judgment for now, but their caucus leaders are striding forward with companion bills to remove the fiscal note process from MMB.

Republicans have begun pressing forward with a plan to write MNsure out of the state’s control and shift Minnesota on to the federally based exchange through Healthcare.gov.

The Office of the Legislative Audito presented its findings in a pair of back-to-back joint committee hearings, telling first the House, then the Senate, where the insurance exchange went wrong.

For years, Republicans in the legislature have not hesitated to criticize the Minnesota offshoot of the Affordable Care Act. Do not expect this to change.

Officials are under fire after an auditor's report showed some enrollees received coverage although they weren’t eligible for the programs and some other enrollees were put in the wrong program.

Minnesota’s $24 million Job Creation Fund has received more than one application a week on average since the program launched Jan. 1.

Paulsen has recently endured pressure over his moderate stance on the shutdown, though that pressure came from right-leaning Republicans.

Soon after the event, MNsure executive director April Todd-Malmlov sent a letter of apology to the affected brokers.

The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor doesn't plan to investigate a move from Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to implement a new online voter registration tool, but a House Research report raises questions about the legality of the new program.