Bakk has said on multiple occasions that he would like to devote the surplus in part to enlarging the state’s budget reserve.

Friday morning's news immediately inspired a number of proposals for what to do with the state's newly available funds.

House Speaker Paul Thissen told business leaders at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Session Priorities event Tuesday that a repeal of the new top income-tax bracket is unlikely.

His ouster came as a direct response to FitzSimmons’ role in amending last year’s same-sex marriage bill.

In a statement following the decision, DHS Commissioner Lucinda Jesson echoed the call for legislative action this spring.

1.) Three legislative caucus leaders are eager to go about repealing certain tax increases passed last year, but Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk is still ...

Notably, both Democratic candidates get a slight boost when the poll of adults is trimmed to include only likely voters.

During the 2013 legislative session, DFL lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton settled on a $300 million funding package for so-called Corridors of Commerce. In October, when Dayton announced the awarding of grants for 10 projects spread throughout the state, his announcement was heralded as good news by a number of Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and Rep. Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove.

Sen. Jeff Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis, predicted that the Senate would be able to pass a bill that is closer to the House's $9.50 figure than to the $7.75 mark.

The proposal seeks to deal with a variety of issues that disadvantage women in the workplace.