Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed the state bonding bill Monday, sending some construction crews to work after a nearly one-year delay. Last week, the State House and Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill that...

Chants of "2, 4, 6, 8, down with violence, down with rape!" resounded through Uptown from participants of the annual Take Back the Night event Wednesday. Organized by the Minnesota Public Interest Research...

A bill that would allow Minnesotans to vote on a same-sex marriage ban passed Thursday on the State House floor, raising questions on campus about what the climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender...

University forest resources employee Colleen O'Connor said an elm tree provided her St. Paul house and yard with shade and free air conditioning for the 20 years she has lived there. But six weeks ago,...

Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., has four years down and two to go. Dayton, who announced last month that he won't run for re-election, has little time to accomplish what he set out to do when he was elected. "If...