Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric

A bill introduced in the Minnesota legislature could change the requirements your child needs to graduate high school. Right now students take graduation tests

Rep. Eric Massa used his final hours in office to settle scores with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and other

President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents

State house committee members are ready to debating three bills on gay marriage that would challenge the Minnesota’s Defense of Marriage Act, recognize civil

Seeking to add fresh urgency to his drive for a health care overhaul, President Barack Obama took insurance companies to task Monday, saying rising premiums

Minnesota Sen. Tarryl Clark (DFL-St. Cloud) wants state employees to stay out of hotels with violent porn while traveling for work.

Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama

A new book claims U.S. President Barack Obama once confided to adviser Valerie Jarrett that he thought Republican strategist Karl Rove hated him, Fox News

DFL Sen. Tom Bakk is proposing a sales tax on clothing in Minnesota to pay back school's and reduce the state's overall sales tax.

A congressman who has played a key role in the long-running health care debate says he and 11 other Democrats will vote against the overhaul unless a provision

Rank-and-file Democrats in Congress remain wary of health care legislation in spite of President Barack Obama's closing argument for overhauling the system,

Minnesota legislators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would require school to report incidents of teacher abuse or other maltreatment to parents within

The primary election in Minnesota is moving up to August 10, giving military service members and overseas voters more time to vote.
 

Staff from Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's office met with the state human services commissioner and legislators Tuesday night to discuss a General