DFL Reps. Ann Lenczewski and Paul Marquart say property tax payers and local governments are losing out so the state can save more than $500 million.
The Cubs shut out the Twins 1-0 on Friday night, leaving them three games back in the division.
The president spoke from Bemidji Airport on Friday.
Several local chefs will host a drive-thru, pick-up dinner fundraiser in St. Louis Park
The Democratic presidential candidate visited a union training center before giving remarks in Hermantown.
The two cars were heading opposite directions on Pope County Road 19
Few details about the confrontation have been provided.
The venue will someday allow for live music and events.
The bar will be allowed to reopen if it shows it's in compliance with the rules.
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It follows a similar step being taken by Restaurant Alma in Minneapolis.
Koivu's 15-year run with the Wild is over.
The All-Big Ten receiver opted out due to health concerns.
The suburb is looking into what's known as the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, which allows a local government to issue bonds on behalf of building owners who want to finance energy projects. Building owners then pay for the projects through surcharges on their property taxes. In effect, the energy savings finance the projects.
Gov. Dayton and lawmakers earlier this year replaced the homestead market value credit, which lowered many Minnesotans' property taxes, with a new program. But local governments say the new plan is raising property taxes significantly. And poor, rural Minnesotans are bearing the brunt of it.
City officials say merging the two funds will save Minneapolis property tax payers tens-of-millions of dollars a year. Mayor R.T. Rybak says the savings from the merger will help support no increases in the city's property tax levy.
DFL challenger Rick Nolan, rekindling his congressional career 30 years after he last served in the U.S. House, has defeated one-term Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minn., in one of the most closely watched and expensive U.S. House races in the nation.
Hiring workers off of Minnesota's unemployment rolls would earn businesses a $3,000 tax credit under a jobs plan unveiled by Governor Dayton and DFL lawmakers. Those hiring veterans or recent graduates would also get the credit. Dayton says the cost of the $35 million program could be met by closing tax loopholes.
A passion for history led Audrey and Jerry Majerus to restore a 110-year-old one-room school house on their rural property near Fort Ripley, Minn., complete with period school desks and a bell outside the entrance.
The three DFL candidates running for Minnesota's 8th Congressional District debated in Duluth Tuesday often found themselves agreeing on the same policy issues, so they tried to differentiate themselves based on style and experience instead. Tarryl Clark, Rick Nolan and Jeff Anderson will find out next Tuesday who the voters want to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack.
The DNR says hunters have harvested 143,000 deer so far this season, down only 7 percent from the same point last year.
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