Minnesota legislature

Gov. Mark Dayton urged lawmakers on Wednesday to stay the course he's set during his two terms as governor, using his final State of the State address largely to reflect on his seven years in office and send a message to his successor rather than lay out a new vision for lawmakers to consider this year.

Legislators have rejected emergency funding to repair Minnesota's troubled new computer system for processing license and vehicle registrations.

A Democratic move to force a hearing on two bills aimed at gun violence ended in defeat Thursday, with Republicans who control a House committee tabling the bills despite a heavy turnout from supporters, including one student who said she has nightmares her school will be attacked.

All 134 members of the Minnesota House paused their legislative duties Wednesday to attend an all-day training course on sexual harassment and discrimination.

Minnesota's latest legislative session is getting underway.

Democrats in Minnesota retained a state Senate seat in a special election, preserving their hopes of retaking the chamber later this year.

Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature are proposing a brief special session to avert a legal fight over the next lieutenant governor.

Minnesota lawmakers will have to fill a projected $188 million budget deficit next year.

Minnesota's Supreme Court may finally resolve the legal battle between Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican Legislature.

Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders have abandoned mediation in their months-long legal battle.

The State Supreme Court has ruled the state constitution allows the Governor to veto funding for the legislature, but left open the question of whether leaving the legislature without funds is constitutional.

History was made at the Minnesota Supreme Court in St Paul Monday morning.

Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers are taking their fight over legislative funding to the state's highest court.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ruled Gov. Mark Dayton's veto of the Legislature's operating funding is unconstitutional.