1.) A bid to expedite the passage of a tax-cuts bill through the Minnesota Senate ran aground Thursday when the chamber’s Republican minority refused to ...

Senate Minority Leader David Hann argued that the bill was not fully vetted.

The House Transportation Finance Committee passed a comprehensive funding package during a Thursday hearing, but the fate of that proposal remains very much in doubt.

Revisions to the Senate version address objections from administrators and lawmakers.

GOP Sens. Carla Nelson and Roger Chamberlain have introduced an alternate bill.

Republican speakers expressed gratitude, though several used the occasion to criticize the DFL for passing the taxes in the first place.

In announcing the package, Gov. Mark Dayton argued that the state's positive budget forecast makes the business-to-business taxes unnecessary.

Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk says proposed amendments to the state constitution should need backing from 60 percent of both the Senate and the House.

Dayton also issued an executive order calling on all executive branch agencies to begin using plain, "easy-to-understand" language.

Gov. Mark Dayton's ideas to reform and simplify state government include more than 1,000 adjustments to policies already on the books.