Minnesota politics

Get ready for a strange session of Minnesota's Legislature. Lawmakers were set to return to St. Paul Tuesday with just 10 weeks to tackle a long to-do list. But the short timeline isn't the only reason it's odd.

Minnesota's top lawmakers from both parties are urging caution following a $300 million drop in the state's projected budget surplus.

Lawmakers and data privacy advocates say the digital age means students' private information needs protecting.

Republicans are bringing Democrats back to the mat to save a public health care program for tens of thousands of low-income Minnesota residents.

Gov. Mark Dayton still has some time to write his State of the State speech.

If the falling out between Gov. Mark Dayton and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk was achingly public, their patching up was equally so.

The Minnesota House has taken up a bill to change the teacher layoff system statewide.

Republican control of the Minnesota House is helping abortion opponents make their case this year.

Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt says he wants at least half the state's newly projected $1.87 billion surplus to go toward tax relief.

A state lawmaker wants Minnesota candidates to have to compete against "None of the Above," with the threat of a new election featuring all-new candidates if that option prevails.