Brian Bakst

The Legislature will need a special session to pass a budget agreement top leaders reached Sunday, and Republicans in the House say they weren't included in the deal-making.

Budget talks at the Minnesota Capitol ended early Thursday night, and Senate Republicans started laying plans to avoid a state government shutdown.

Lawmakers have gone largely silent in public as they hash out a budget agreement in private. Time for getting that passed is dwindling.

Competing arguments around two gun proposals were aired before a House-Senate committee stopped them from being added to a joint public safety budget bill.

Gov. Tim Walz and wife, Gwen, are selling their house in Mankato now that their family lives full time at the official Governor's Residence. It's the only house they've owned in Minnesota.

A bill advanced in the House Monday that would authorize sharing state tax data with the Federal Reserve Bank for a study of minimum wage ordinances in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

By midnight next Monday, the Legislature must find agreement on a new two-year state budget and much more if they want to avoid another special session.

The monthly update on Minnesota tax collections showed them 17 percent higher than anticipated for April.

Could there be a special session? Maybe, says reporter Brian Bakst, but we're not there yet.

Lawmakers generally agree on a plan but are negotiating over who will pay and for how long to respond to the addiction epidemic which has claimed hundreds of lives in Minnesota.

Lawmakers are struggling this year with what to call a lot of things -- from a lake in Minneapolis to some parks to a bridge.

After days of exhaustion-filled, morning-until-night sessions, the Minnesota House and Senate have adopted competing versions of a new two-year budget. Now, they've got to figure out how to overcome some steep differences to complete their work by May 20.

Closure of the for-profit school in March left some students to cope with both educational and financial challenges. The state is ready to step in.

An environment bill headed for final negotiations would designate the rusty patched bumblebee as a state symbol and provide the pollinator more protections.

The Minnesota House voted 74-58 Monday to raise the state gas tax for the first time in seven years and make future increases easier to come by. But opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate means a state-prescribed cost hike isn't likely at the gas pump anytime soon.

Minnesota's House and Senate have been putting in long hours to pass their versions of the new state budget. Soon, they'll need to merge those competing visions and strike a deal with Gov. Tim Walz.

Minnesota Republicans want to put the brakes on higher minimum wages in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and their push is likely to complicate budget negotiations at the Capitol.

Sen. Klobuchar's first campaign report as a presidential candidate shows how much went into her big-splash kickoff.

Being in the spotlight has paid off for Rep. Ilhan Omar, who raised more campaign money so far in 2019 than any other member of Minnesota's House delegation.

Only one vote and Gov. Tim Walz’s signature are needed to add Minnesota to the list of states where holding a phone behind the wheel is illegal.