Legislature

The Legislative session in Minnesota completed Monday night and some money is headed to the outdoors. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He says the Minnesota DNR received more than $800 Million to spend over the next two years.

The two top leaders of the Minnesota Legislature said they reached agreement with Democratic Gov. Tim Walz early Monday on broad targets for the state's next two-year budget.

Waite Park leaders are looking at some regional projects that may take a new sales tax to help pay for them.

Waite Park officials are considering adding an additional half-cent sales tax to help fund some future city projects.

Over 100 people from central Minnesota packed into the Mississippi Community Room at the St. Cloud Public Library Saturday to discuss the legalization of adult-use or recreational marijuana.

A bitter, partisan debate erupted on the Minnesota House floor when Republicans tried to bring up a health care reinsurance bill that House Democrats oppose as a giveaway to the insurance industry.

Supporters of an Equal Rights Amendment are trying again to move their cause forward in the Minnesota Legislature.

Minnesota lawmakers are in the homestretch, facing a lengthy to-do list and less than two days to finish their work.

With time winding down in the legislative session, Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican leaders were searching Friday for a compromise on a tax bill that averts a complex 2019 tax filing season and Dayton's push for additional school funding.

Minnesota's legislative auditor will investigate allegations that child care providers are stealing money from the state's publicly funded child-subsidy program.