Lawmakers are expected to announce a deal on Monday raising Minnesota's minimum wage to $9.50 an hour with inflationary increases thereafter. Negotiations between the Senate -- which has been dragging its feet on the issue -- and the House, have been a major political division this session between the Democrats who control the Legislature.

Mohamud Noor, a Somali activist, blocked an endorsement at the DFL Senate District 60 convention on Saturday in a competitive state House race that’s pitted the growing political power of Minneapolis’ East African community against Rep. Phyllis Kahn’s more than 40 years of experience winning her way back to the Legislature.

The news drew a positive reaction from Gov. Mark Dayton.

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 ...

House Majority Leader Erin Murphy said the budget plan would "build on our historic investments in education.

Dayton met with a group of 11 medical marijuana activists at the governor’s mansion.

The package carried by committee chair Ann Lenczewski includes a move to full federal income tax conformity.

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

The statewide straw poll contest gave the most enthusiastic party members just their second opportunity to voice an opinion in either contest.

Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, thinks Mohamud Noor needs to make up his mind. Kahn, one of the longest-tenured legislators in state history said she is not surprised to have a Democratic opponent for the party endorsement.