State Legislature

A proposed constitutional amendment requiring Minnesota voters to present photo identification at polling places is on the cusp of reaching November's ballot.

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A bill to pay for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium is limping ahead at the state Capitol with time in the legislative session running short and amid lingering doubts over key financing elements.

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A proposal to make Minnesota voters show a photo ID at the polls is now halfway to a spot on the November ballot. The full Minnesota House passed the proposed constitutional amendment in a 72-62 vote after a nine-hour floor debate.

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The Minnesota House has approved a Republican-backed measure to use state rainy-day funds to pay down debts to public schools. The bill would take $430 million out of the state budget reserve and return it to schools.

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A fired Minnesota state Senate staffer is threatening to expose adulterous affairs by other legislators as part of a potential lawsuit over his firing. Michael Brodkorb's legal strategy is laid out in a notice of claims filed with the state Tuesday.

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The plan to help finance a new Minnesota Vikings stadium has at least temporarily stalled at the Capitol, and Gov. Mark Dayton is pressuring key GOP leaders to help keep it moving.

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The Minnesota Vikings are finally getting the chance to make their case for public financing of a new football stadium before a state Senate committee.

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Many hundreds of union members are demonstrating outside a state Capitol hearing room as a Senate committee weighs making Minnesota a "right to work" state.

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State Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer is batting down an election integrity proposal from Secretary of State Mark Ritchie as an unacceptable substitute to a constitutional amendment on her proposed constitutional amendment to require voters to bring photo IDs to the polls.

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The Minnesota House has sent a bill to Gov. Mark Dayton that would expand the situations where people can use deadly force.

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