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Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple - all week..

Come midnight, the Minnesota Legislature's 2013 session will be history. But some must-pass items have yet to get final approval. They include a plan that raises $2.1 billion in new taxes and another measure to pay for core state agencies, such as the Revenue Department and Department of Veterans Affairs.

Minnesota voters will decide in 2016 if the constitution should be changed to let an independent board set the pay of legislators. The state Senate voted 43-23 early Monday to put the proposed amendment on the statewide ballot. It follows a tighter House vote on the identical measure.

The Minnesota Legislature may resort to a stand-alone borrowing measure that would pay for state Capitol-related renovation costs and nothing more. The Senate unanimously passed the measure early Monday, leaving it for the House to decide on the session's final day.

Minnesota Vikings stadium finance plan, take two. At the request of Gov. Mark Dayton's administration, the Legislature is temporarily rerouting money from a new cigarette tax and from a corporate tax to backfill a lagging stadium fund.

Short on sleep and time, Minnesota lawmakers darted toward the finish Monday of a legislative session that produced a hefty tax increase, substantial new investment in schools and a landmark law legalizing gay marriage...

Minnesota Democrats are making a late push on a bill to raise the state's minimum wage. A House-Senate conference committee is set to meet Monday morning for the first -- and maybe only -- time. Both chambers are run by Democrats.

Minnesota Vikings stadium finance plan, take two...

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home...

Minnesota Democrats are making a late push on a bill to raise the state's minimum wage...

Skies turned dark and the rain came down in torrents as severe storms rumbled across eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin...

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A Twin Cities mother is hoping her story is a reminder to other parents about the seriousness of the "choking game."

A motorcyclist died after colliding with a limo bus early Sunday morning, according to police.

Minnesota voters will decide in 2016 if the constitution should be changed to let an independent board set the pay of legislators.

For George Lamson, Junior, every day since January 21, 1985 is a gift.
Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed shortly after take-off just after 1 a.m. that day...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is warning commuters that a traffic mess awaits them in southwest Connecticut for as long as a week until service is restored to Metro-North...

Minnesota's Prince is known as a music legend and Billboard Magazine made it official...

More hearings are scheduled in Washington this week as Members of Congress continue investigating the IRS targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups.

A heavily armed man ambushed St.Paul Police Officer Dan King and his partner Officer Brian Wanschura last October. King was shot in the arm, and suffered extensive damage...

A Lino Lakes police officer died after collapsing at a bar and grill in Hugo, Minn. early Sunday morning.

On Wednesday, two years since the tornado damaged thousands of structures in North Minneapolis, the Northside Community Response Team (NCRT) will elaborate on its effort to combat poverty in the area...

Lawmakers passed a $15.7-billion spending package for public schools and Governor Dayton is expected to sign it...

The Minnesota Twins have lost five straight and are a season-worst four games under .500. Facing a nine-game road trip, starting with a three-game interleague series against first-place Atlanta on Monday, things could quickly get out of hand if they don't rediscover their offense.

Two men are in custody while another was burned in a minor explosion from what police call an illegal fireworks operation in the city of Wyoming.

The Legislature has sent Gov. Mark Dayton a school funding bill that boosts education spending in a number of areas.

The final pieces of Minnesota's next two-year, $38 billion budget were falling into place Sunday as state lawmakers clocked long hours and held a succession of late-night debates at the Capitol.

Gov. Mark Dayton is asking the state Senate to reject the confirmation of a Minnesota Tax Court judge who is facing suspension and censure.

It's crunch time for a 10-year old school in Woodbury. Crosswinds East Metro Arts and Science School may be forced to close its doors without immediate support in the final two days of the legislative session.

Former news anchor Tom Brokaw told Mayo Clinic students at their commencement ceremony to make money but not to forget to make a difference.

Pay increases for Minnesota lawmakers won't be happening this legislative session.

Minnesota lawmakers are putting in long weekend hours as they speed toward adjournment.

A call of a man burned at a Wyoming, Minnesota house Saturday led to the discovery of an illegal fireworks operation.

Police are casting "fresh eyes" on the cold murder case of Anne Dunlap, 31. The Minneapolis woman was stabbed to death in 1996 and left in the trunk of her car in a Lake Street parking lot.