Mark Dayton

A legal battle is brewing between Gov. Mark Dayton and Minnesota lawmakers. Dayton zeroed out the Legislature's budget while signing the rest of a $46 billion budget earlier this week.

In the closing days of the 2017 legislative session, Gov. Mark Dayton managed to fend off attempts to gut his top clean water accomplishment _ a requirement for buffer strips of vegetation between farm fields and waterways.

The St. Cloud Area is adding to the storied tradition of the Minnesota Governors Fishing Opener.

The Minnesota Legislature's budget work is at a standstill. Lawmakers have until May 22 to wrap up a new, two-year budget. But Republicans in the Senate couldn't pass any budget bills Thursday for a second day because a GOP senator's absence left them without the necessary votes. And Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders weren't negotiating.

Minnesota's Republican Legislature isn't backing down from Gov. Mark Dayton's veto threats as lawmakers finalize their budget offer.

The Republican-led Legislature is ready to test Gov. Mark Dayton with a bill that would ban Minnesota cities from setting their own minimum wage and paid sick leave rules.

Gov. Mark Dayton is softening his opposition to Republicans' tax hike-free approach to funding transportation repairs. Dayton and lawmakers have struggled for years to pass a major road and bridge funding package amid partisan divides over how to pay for it.

Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton wants stronger water quality standards in Minnesota as Republican lawmakers are trying to roll back environmental regulations.

Officials at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter say the prison-like psychiatric institution needs upgrades to protect staff from the state's most acutely mentally ill and dangerous patients.

Another Democrat is joining the race to replace Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton.