The Minnesota Department of Transportation will close the I-94 eastbound exit ramp at Huron Boulevard from Wednesday to Friday this week.
The exit ramp, closed Dec. 7 through Dec. 9, is part of a long...
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Minneapolis schools may end one effort to integrate students
Minnesota's schools have long been blemished by poor achievement numbers between white...
When the School of Dentistry brought 20 DentSims to the University, it characterized them as something that would revolutionize learning. But the lab is vacant 85 percent of the time, and some say the product doesn't match the publicity.
Minnesota's state government on Wednesday sold $757 million in tobacco settlement bonds as part of the controversial deal reached in July to end the state's historic 20-day government shutdown. Gov. Mark...
In a bid to save $5.5 million annually, Capella Education, a private higher education company, announced Tuesday it will lay off 65 non-faculty workers in the face of declining revenues this year.
The...
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As the search for a permanent dean continues, faculty sources have called out current and past administrators and are waiting to see if their voices will be heard.
Gov. Mark Dayton offered his strongest push yet for a publicy funded Vikings stadium on Wednesday, saying he'll unveil his own detailed proposal in the next two weeks, the Associated Press reports.
Dayton...
Surly Brewing Company says it has expanded its five-year-old brewery in Brooklyn Center as much as possible.
Now the craft beer company is looking for a state law change that would...
The Republican legislative leadership announced a plan today to cut about $1 billion in state spending, including continuing about $90 million in unallotments to the University of Minnesota over the next two years.
Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Dr. Ed Ehlinger, head of Boynton Health Service, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health on Friday.
Ehlinger, who assumes his new role in January, has served as...
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Gov.-elect Mark Dayton met privately before hosting a joint press conference Thursday afternoon.
They stood together, though the two have been political opponents in the past on issues...
Hennepin County officials finished hand counting all the ballots cast on Election Day, joining Minnesota's other 86 counties in completing the process on Friday.
While predictions for the next budget biennium are $600 million lower than anticipated, Minnesota will end this year with an unexpected $399 million surplus.
After a verbal tussle between Mark Dayton and Tom Emmer's attorneys in the early stages of Minnesota's gubernatorial recount, things fell into a groove at the Hennepin County Government Center as the first...
Minnesota's highest court denied Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer's petition to delay tomorrow's election results certification until the number of voters matches the number of ballots...
With a lengthy gubernatorial recount likely to begin Nov. 29, newly-installed Republican legislative majorities could be handed the opportunity to work with Gov. Tim Pawlenty past his normal term.
If the...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer gained six ballots in Hennepin County after a Plymouth voting precinct finalized a discrepancy in election results, bringing the total votes...
What is the most important issue facing Minnesota right now, and how will you address it?
The most important issue is starting to grow jobs again in our economy. WeâÄôre going to address it by...
What is the most important issue facing Minnesota right now, and how will you address it?
The most important long-term issue is restoring the vitality of the economy âÄî creating jobs âÄî...
What is the most important issue facing Minnesota right now, and how will you address it?
Jobs, jobs, jobs! I will be MinnesotaâÄôs next jobs Governor. I will go anywhere in our state, nation or...
University of Minnesota entomology professor Marla Spivak thought she was waiting for a freelance journalist in her St. Paul office. SheâÄôd put off the interview for a while, but after some insistence,...
Margaret Anderson Kelliher, a DFL candidate for governor defeated by Mark Dayton in the August primary, could be Minneapolis' next parks superintendent, the Star Tribune reports.
Kelliher is...
In the last of the three candidates’ budget plans, Tom Emmer proposed about $400 mil. in cuts to higher education and nearly $500 mil. from K-12 education.
Significant cuts to higher education are on the horizon if Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Emmer is elected.
Emmer released the final portion of his plan to curb the state’s projected $5.8 billion...
