Lawmakers in St. Paul are working to finalize the next two-year budget. A possible hike in the alcohol excise tax is still being considered that could raise prices at area bars and liquor stores.
Gov. Mark Dayton is traveling to Kentucky this weekend for a meeting of the Democratic Governors Association where he also has plans to take in the Kentucky Derby.
A second Iowa campaign adviser to Republican former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says the Minnesota congresswoman improperly paid an Iowa state senator to work on her 2012 campaign.