The liberal wing of the DFL caucus complains about process as well as policy.

The MinnesotaCare provision is the bill’s most significant change to existing law, and perhaps its least likely to gain agreement from Senate Democrats and Gov. Mark Dayton.

Revamped marijuana legalization group staffs up and vows multi-year campaign.

The dramatic cut in the number of uninsured people in the state brought cheers from Democrats, but the federal health care law will remain a focus of GOP campaigns.

DHS computer troubles delay cost-lowering transfer under new law.

DFLers hit swing districts to push accomplishments.

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

The outreach system being established to help individuals obtain health insurance through MNsure is one of the more bewildering aspects of the looming rollout of the state's health insurance exchange.

Legislation that would establish a marketplace where insurance for 1.3 million state residents is expected to be purchased cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday. The health care exchange bill passed out of the Senate Committee on State and Local Government on a 7-5 party-line vote.

Frenetic early-morning celebrations capped an historic Election Day in which Minnesota voters defeated two ballot initiatives that were a hallmark of the GOP-controlled Legislature that swarmed to victory two years ago on a national wave.