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A group home in Dayton says it won't house three men who have been approved for conditional release from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.

More than 3,300 4-year-olds will attend preschool this upcoming school year as part of Minnesota's new, state-funded preschool program.

Governor Mark Dayton is banning state employees from nonessential travel to North Carolina because of that state's new law limiting official protections for gays and lesbians and transgender people.

Gov. Mark Dayton and key members of Minnesota's congressional delegation are asking the federal government to expedite approval of extended unemployment benefits for workers laid off from companies that serve iron mining industry.

Gov. Mark Dayton is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff Tuesday to honor the victims of a mass shooting at an Oregon community college. Nine people were killed at Umpqua Community College last week before the gunman killed himself. Nine others were wounded in the deadly attack at the Roseburg, Ore. school.

A 37-year-old man has died in an explosion at a welding company in Dayton.

Minnesota's Legislature has sent an education budget to Gov. Mark Dayton's desk where it's likely to meet his veto pen.

Gov. Mark Dayton says the state may set up a low-interest loan program for farmers hit by a deadly bird flu outbreak.

Minnesota lawmakers are returning from a weeklong break Tuesday to start hammering out a budget.

Gov. Mark Dayton says more oil pipelines are part of the solution to a rail backlog that has clogged agricultural shipments across Minnesota.