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Advocacy group ends its appeal of ruling on Amazon HQ2 bid
Public Record Media was set to move that case to Minnesota’s Court of Appeals.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Marital rape exception signed away
Jenny Teeson managed to do what few achieve these days.
Read More »Senators skip cybersecurity hearing
Election cybersecurity, once described as one of the lightest legislative lifts of 2019, has devolved into a stubborn controversy that some Democrats worry foreshadows turbulence ...
Read More »Mitchell replaces Dietzen as sentencing guidelines chair
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Christopher Dietzen has been replaced as chair of Minnesota’s Sentencing Guidelines Commission by that group’s former executive director, Kelly Lyn Mitchell.
Read More »The Capitol Note: Lawmakers end session with key tax and spending measures passed
Lawmakers finished out the 2014 legislative session Friday evening with the passage of three major finance and spending bills and a restrictive medical marijuana proposal. Those four pieces were seen as the last major measures to pass this year.
Read More »The Capitol Note: Lawmakers set to announce a deal on minimum wage hike
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.
Read More »The Capitol Note: Dayton says stadium will boost state economy
Political and ideological opponents did not waste their chance to grab some of the spotlight from Tuesday's groundbreaking.
Read More »The Capitol Note: Vikings stadium construction to start in early December
The announcement signals the state reaching an agreement with Mortenson Construction on a $738 million contract.
Read More »Franken, Dayton endorsed by Minnesota AFL-CIO
Franken's 98 percent career voting record in favor of AFL-CIO positions is the fourth-highest among all U.S. Senators.
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