U.S. House Republicans have removed a provision in the federal budget bill that would have reversed a pause on mining on federal land within the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

The legislature passed a number of new policies as part of the broader spending bills that will fund the government over the next two years.

The special session is over, but federal health care cuts could force state lawmakers to revisit the budget they just passed. That's because Minnesota could lose half a billion dollars a year in ...

When the next polar vortex plunges residents into the deep freeze, you can thank state legislators for keeping your gas bill ...

Budget runs counter to new EPA mission statement that calls for “clean air, land and water for every American.” ...

Environmental groups celebrated the decision, which was expected to be voted on by the full chamber Wednesday.

Although spending on education will increase in aggregate, the bill includes cuts to special education and libraries, as well ...

Peter Labuza, a writer with Twins Daily and a scholar of media and entertainment law, joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on ...

Minnesotans shouldn’t be too surprised when the budget cuts being made at the capitols in St. Paul and Washington, D.C., ...

Congressional Budget Office estimated that in 2023, about 550,000 children in public schools were immigrants who’d arrived ...

The special legislative session that wrapped up Monday in St. Paul wasn’t one where everyone came away happy, area legislators said. However, Rep. Chris Swedzinski and Sen. Gary Dahms said that while ...

U.S. House committee approved removing language on mineral leases in northeastern Minnesota; Senate likely to follow.