State House and Senate budget confrerees failed to reach a compromise late Thursday night, clearing the way for Gov. Tim Pawlenty to unilaterally cut state programs and services to solve the state's fiscal...
Mirroring University President Robert Bruininks' appearance last week, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor Jim McCormick lobbied the House Higher Education Finance Committee on Wednesday...
Gov. Tim Pawlenty issued a final warning to the Legislative Advisory Commission on Wednesday morning: Come up with a budget compromise by the end of Thursday or the governor will draw one up himself.
The...
University journalism sophomore Jessica Snively is trying to pay her $5,000 yearly tuition bill with a $100 biweekly pay check and several student loans.
She works seven hours per week at a Richfield sandwich...
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs professor John Brandl told a House committee Monday the Legislature could protect students from higher education price increases with a budget solution similar to one...
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposal for reform of the Minnesota Family Investment Program left case workers, advocacy groups and policy experts reeling, and at the State Capitol on Monday morning the Affirmative...
MBy Jake Weyer
inneapolis voters will decide today on the next City Council member to represent the city's north and northeast sections.
A special 3rd Ward election will fill a vacant seat left by former...
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would require foreigners with temporary visas to have state driver's licenses marked with their visa's expiration date. The house approved...
Yahya Al-Harthi's Minnesota driver's license has a date in the corner labeled "status check," which alerts law enforcement that he is a foreign national with a temporary visa.
The University electrical...
