(Undated) -- It's the same story on home foreclosures in Minnesota. New numbers for February show a seven-percent jump in mortgage defaults over the previous month. Daren Blomquist with RealtyTrac says Minnesota's activity continues to increase but the state is doing better than many, ranking 27th in terms of ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota House and Senate are set to pass a reworked bonding bill today which Governor Pawlenty has indicated that he'll sign. However, he also says he will line-item veto some projects. Democrats' billion-dollar bonding package is well over the 725-million-dollar target set by the governor ...More
(Minneapolis, MN) -- More than 30-thousand students go to school today but will stay in their classrooms as the lockdown continues in the Minneapolis School District. The Web threat of a shooting that reportedly originated from Australia prompted officials to lockdown 60 district buildings Wednesday, while another threat resulted in the ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Democrats could bring a one-billion-dollar bonding bill up for a vote as soon as tomorrow after refusing Tuesday night to put in more money to expand the state sex offender treatment facility in Moose Lake. Walker Republican Larry Howes asked Democrats to come more the governor's ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Pawlenty isn't waiting for Minnesota's rivers to start overflowing. The Governor has sent a letter to the president, asking he declare an expedited major disaster for the state of Minnesota, because of the strong potential for severe spring flooding. Pawlenty wants the feds to ...More
(Chisholm, MN) -- Charges could be filed as soon as Wednesday against the former Chisholm police officer, accused of shooting a 40-year old man to death and injuring two others at a Chisholm sports bar Saturday. The suspect was treated at a local hospital after the incident which ended when another ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Everything is "flood-ready" at the Army Corps of Engineers. If need be, the St. Paul office can deploy about 100 personnel to points along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Others would go to the Red River Valley where they're getting some big help from the weather ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Democrats and Governor Pawlenty have agreed on General Assistance Medical Care but the high-profile bonding bill for state construction projects remains unresolved. Democrats pulled back their first bonding bill after the governor said he'd veto it, but they could bring a replacement version back to the ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- A consitutional law expert thinks the Minnesota Supreme Court will hand Governor Pawlenty a defeat on the unallotment issue. The governor is challenging a lower court ruling that he misused his authority to trim money from state spending. Hamline University's David Schultz says the question really ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Opponents in a Minnesota Senate committee Thursday halted a bill that would have lifted Minnesota's ban on construction of new nuclear power plants. Senator Amy Koch pulled her bill after an amendment was added which would lift the ban on new nuclear plants only when the ...More
