Crowdfunding advocates, including bipartisan supporters in the state Legislature, say the current proposed framework puts companies and consumers at a disadvantage.

The governor said the timing is right for another borrowing bill, given the state’s surplus and low interest rates, although he conceded that he faced an uphill battle over bonding with Republican leadership in the House of Representatives.

Center for Sustainable Building Research aims to foster "net zero" building with no carbon emissions.

A variety of hot-button policy issues remain unsettled this session, and the gulf between positions taken by the governor and either or both legislative chambers leaves just about many of those proposals in jeopardy.

Tom Fisher moves down a floor but up the ladder at the University of Minnesota’s Metropolitan Design Center.

Decisions on housing and education reform fuel persistent racial segregation.

Governor’s proposal to spend the $1.9 billion surplus faces resistance from the GOP.

The bill would inscribe numerous mandatory rules for how schools investigate allegations of sexual assault.

Lawmakers spent week digesting economic forecast data and planning strategies for the looming budget battle.

A House Education Finance Committee work group calls for Q Comp and a 2011 evaluations program to be overlaid, with neither altered significantly.