Minnesota Capitol Notebook: Republicans who've opposed the executive powers took a more targeted approach this week, aiming to push back on two areas weighing most heavily on the minds of Minnesotans: reopening schools and businesses.
State legislators and Gov. Tim Walz put forward their priorities for state support to businesses and workers and said they would approve them as soon as they could reach a deal.
ST. PAUL-Minnesota's governor and legislative leaders began negotiating finances and policy just over 24 hours before their constitutional deadline.Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton gave the Republican-controlled Legislature an offer Saturday night, Ma...
ST. PAUL - How to deal with opioid abuse is one of those issues that everyone agrees needs legislation, but they cannot agree on details. Many Democrats and at least some Republicans say drug companies that make and sell the powerful painkillers ...
ST. PAUL-People who misrepresent dogs or other animals as trained service animals soon may violate state law.Minnesota senators Thursday, April 19, unanimously approved legislation making such misrepresentation a crime.Some well-publicized instan...
ST. PAUL - Tensions have ramped up in the past couple of years between law enforcement officers and some communities they serve.Some states have passed laws meant to discourage attacks on police and many in the Minnesota Legislature want to join ...
ST. PAUL - Gov. Mark Dayton seldom says he would veto a bill, but if it reaches his desk he promises to veto House-passed legislation to get the Minnesota Licensing and Registration System running smoothly.The measure representatives passed late ...
WILLMAR, Minn. - State Rep. Dave Baker of Willmar applauded the work of local law enforcement in bringing charges against a suspect in the Nov. 4 overdose death of John Schlegel, 24, of Blomkest.Richard Michael Carl Houske, 29, was arraigned Thur...
ST. PAUL - More than 400 Minnesotans died due to opioids last year, up from 344 a year earlier.The epidemic, a word often used to describe the situation, seems especially tough in rural parts of the state that may be less equipped to handle it.Wh...
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pledges a major campaign to fight unneeded opioid painkiller use, but it is not clear how his declaring the drug epidemic a "public health emergency" will help the Upper Midwest."We will overcome addiction in A...
