The first Republican to officially declare his candidacy for governor, businessman Scott Honour has consistently since trailed his three principal rivals for the nomination in terms of name recognition.

Senate Democrats rolled out legislation that would ban businesses from not covering any treatments guaranteed by law in response to the US Supreme Court's recent Hobby Lobby decision.

Early estimates put public property damage in Minnesota from flooding at $32 million, and that's without all of the damaged counties reporting.

Marty Seifert, former House minority leader, talks about his gubernatorial primary campaign.

Gov. Mark Dayton joined iron workers in northeast Minnesota on Monday rallying against the alleged over-saturation of the US steel market by foreign countries.

Gov. Mark Dayton continues to lead the fundraising contest against his GOP opponents -- the four of whom must still compete in an August primary -- with more than $750,000 cash on hand, according to campaign finance documents released Tuesday.

Dayton has more money available than all four Republican candidates combined.

Gov. Mark Dayton and US Sen. Al Franken are facing narrow margins of victory, according to a KSTP-SurveyUSA poll released on Thursday.

GOP gubernatorial candidates Jeff Johnson and Kurt Zellers are tied among primary voters, according to a KSTP-SurveyUSA poll released on Wednesday.

Republican candidates for governor are unified in disliking MNsure, but each candidate has taken a different tack in criticizing the exchange.