Democratic legislative leaders are going to take another stab at reviving a bonding bill, albeit a much smaller one.

The Minnesota House has passed a tax bill that could raise revenue $2.1 billion by boosting taxes on high-wage earners, smokers and corporations.

A bill that would beef up efforts to combat bullying in schools will not get a final vote in the Minnesota Senate.

The DFL-led Senate wanted to raise their $31,140-a-year salaries to $40,890 by 2015. The pay boost, though, was not included in the final bill. But it does include raises for the governor and his agency commissioners.

Many Minnesota cities and counties will see a big bump in their state aid, and for that they're being required to tamp down property taxes.

The $15.7 billion K-12 funding bill is on its way to the governor after the House passed it early Sunday morning by a 78-56 vote and the Senate followed suit in the afternoon.

The Minnesota House unanimously approved a bill that includes new protections for homeowners facing foreclosure.

Minnesota legislators were putting the finishing touches on the state's $38 billion two-year budget during late-night debates that paved the way to adjourning by midnight Monday, May 20, the deadline for the session.

SHAWNEE, Okla.—Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.

Kuoth Wiel had a very busy spring.

When Ryan Pressly struck out Boston third baseman Will Middlebrooks in the ninth inning of Saturday's 12-5 loss, it had a little extra meaning for the Twins' rookie reliever.

Ken Krasselt said he was not the first person to see Mohs lying in the street. He was just the first to stop.

The attorney for a Little Canada man whose camera was taken by Ramsey County deputies after he filmed them has filed a motion to dismiss the case, saying Andrew Henderson's civil rights were violated.

St. Thomas English professor Robert Foy II maintained his insatiable desire for knowledge in his hospice bed.

A 37-year-old North Branch man died at a Hugo bar Sunday, May 19, the Washington County sheriff's office said.

Boston handed the Twins their fifth consecutive loss Sunday with a 5-1 victory at Target Field, a game that was delayed three hours because of rain.

Democratic legislative leaders are going to take another stab at reviving a bonding bill, albeit a much smaller one.

Gov. Mark Dayton is asking the state Senate to reject the reappointment of a tax court judge.

HARTFORD, Conn.—Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov.

While most of Kuoth Wiel's fellow Minnesotans were busy grousing about the weather, she spent April and May finishing up a degree at Augsburg College, preparing to move, launching a new career and -- oh, yeah -- filming a key role in a Reese Witherspoon movie.