The Commerce, Public Safety and Natural Resources departments are all facing similar lawsuits over union contracts that award benefits to early retirees but not to older workers.
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The fire was reported after 6 a.m. by a neighbor who called 911.
The super recruit from Rochester is one of the top players in the country.
The state is looking at a $1 billion surplus in the years ahead.
The dog is on the road to recovery thanks to a nearby animal shelter.
Minnesota will be scoreboard watching until they play again on Friday.
The Senate passed a bill requiring hands-free cellphone use.
A man from New Richland was killed in the crash.
With injuries in the bullpen, Kimbrel to the Twins makes a ton of sense.
It happened south of Owatonna at the Straight River.
The 24 year old was arrested after an alleged attack on March 18.
The Pioneer Press says Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers told the director of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources she was being let go so the commission could go in a different direction. DFLers are shocked and say the commission itself had no complaints and should have sole authority to make firing decisions. The commission helps direct lottery proceeds to environmental and natural resources projects.
The owner of two taconite plants in northern Minnesota, Cliffs Natural Resources, sent their team in charge of negotiating union worker's contracts home for the holiday weekend. Cliffs agreed to a short-term extension for current contracts with United Steelworkers Friday and the union decided they will not strike while negotiations continue.
A federal judge in St. Paul rules Well Fargo must face a group lawsuit for promoting a risky securities-lending program. The bank's lawyers say they will appeal.
Cliffs Natural Resources and the United Steelworkers union have agreed to keep negotiating past the September 1 expiration worker's current contracts, the Duluth News Tribune reports. Both sides have agreed to a short-term extension and employees will not strike. Negotiations with ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel continue.
A Republican-led legislative panel rejected new contracts for more than 27,000 state workers. Senator Mike Parry called Governor Dayton irrational and referred to union leaders as "dinosaurs" following the vote Thursday.
A 20-month federal investigation into alleged discrimination against Muslim students in the St. Cloud schools ended with a settlement.
The U.S. Department of Labor claims women were less likely to be hired and Asian men were favored over other applicants at its meatpacking plant in Arkansas. Federal officials want to cancel Cargill's existing government contracts
