ST. PAUL - The state Senate majority leader says a proposed increase in the state minimum wage is not likely to happen this session because Democrats in the House and Senate can't agree how much to raise it.
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 5.3 percent in April, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill allowing the unionization of home child-care workers in Minnesota after an all-night debate that saw Republicans trying to block the bill.
ST. PAUL - A significantly scaled back bill to revise Minnesota's gun laws is headed for a vote in the state Senate, with the blessing of a vocal gun-rights group.
ST. PAUL - Democrats who lead the Minnesota Senate are predicting victory for a measure that would make the state the 12th in the nation to allow gay marriage.
