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Senate Approves tax Plan With Income tax cut

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate has passed its plan to cut income taxes while matching new federal tax cuts. The bill passed Thursday would lower taxes on the first income bracket from 5.35 percent to 5.1 percent.…

Senate Poised to Vote on tax Plan With Income tax cut

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate is preparing to vote on its plan to cut income tax rates while matching the federal tax overhaul. The Republican-controlled Senate's proposal up for a vote Thursday would lower taxes on the…

GOP Lawmakers Offer gun Bills

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Two Republican lawmakers from Minneapolis suburbs are proposing bills aimed at gun possession and ownership. One would give private sellers an incentive to verify a buyer has a legal right to own a gun before…

House GOP Proposes $825M in Public Construction

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota House Republicans are proposing to spend $825 million on public works projects with a heavy focus on water infrastructure, roads and state building repairs. The House's so-called bonding bill is roughly half the size…

Clinton Impeachment Lawyer to Represent Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - Veteran Washington, D.C., lawyer Emmet Flood, who represented President Bill Clinton during his impeachment process, is joining the White House to represent President Donald Trump in the special counsel's Russia investigation. White House spokesman Sarah Huckabee Sanders…

Welcome to the Partisan Fury, Michelle Wolf

NEW YORK (AP) - White House Correspondents Association roaster Michelle Wolf joins a club with the likes of Kathy Griffin, Stormy Daniels and David Hogg - little-known or unknown figures who suddenly became surrogates for the hyper-partisan rhetorical warfare of…

Aurora Mayor Announces DFL Candidacy for MN House 6B

AURORA, Minn. (Press Release) — Aurora Mayor Dave Lislegard, an advocate for mining, healthy rural communities and “the Iron Range way of life,” hopes to bring his passion for jobs and a brighter economic future for the region to the…

Kim Jong Un Steps Across Korean Border, Makes History

GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — In a historic summit more striking for its extraordinary images than its substance, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in set aside a year that saw them seemingly on the…