ST CLOUD, Minn. (UTVS) – Congresswoman Michele Bachmann announced early Wednesday morning the halt of what was going to be her most financially expensive race of her thirteen-plus years of public service. In her announcement, Bachmann states her choice to not seek a fifth Congressional term had nothing to do with the complaints and investigations into her Presidential campaign or [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn- A pay raise plan for Minnesota elected officials is a part of a House-Senate negotiation on a state agency budget bill. The state Senate approved its bill that included pay raises for legislators, the governor, and agency commissioners. The House didn’t discuss the lawmaker pay topic when passing its bill. A conference committee hearing on Thursday will be [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – A second round of voting last night in the State Capitol allowed the senate to pass a bill that allows an increase of both income and sales taxes.  This comes after a first round rejection and a move to reconsider the defeat.  Senator and Minnesota Senate Minority Leader, David Hann, says that if the current bill [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Democratic state senator seen as a swing vote on same-sex gay marriage says he’ll vote to make it legal in Minnesota. Sen. Kent Eken represents a northwestern Minnesota district that backed last fall’s gay marriage ban by 53 percent. But Eken says Monday he heard from many constituents who passionately support gay marriage. And he [...]

The owner of a local business doesn’t have to follow all parts of the new federal healthcare law — at least for the time being. Catholic deacon Greg Hall, owner of American Manufacturing Company in St. Joseph, has been given reprieve from providing contraception as part of his employee’s health plan. This break will last until two other Minnesota cases [...]

Minnesota House Democrats are proposing $250 million in property tax relief including a boost in refunds available to homeowners, new credits for renters and an increase in aid to local governments they say should reduce reliance on local property taxes. Backers say the proposal unveiled Tuesday would make an additional 225,000 homeowners and renters eligible for property tax refunds and [...]

ST. CLOUD, Minn – A neighborhood group near the St. Cloud State University Campus is hoping to expand the SCSU smoking ban into their park. Juliana Elchert, chairperson of Barden Park, said “I think that for Barden Park it’s best for the park and for the vast majority of people who want to use the park that the park become [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police have released the names of a couple and the wife’s brother found dead in an apartment. Investigators on Monday identified the victims as 31-year-old Chue Lor, his 27-year-old wife, Pahnia Yang, and Yang’s brother, 18-year-old Kong Meng Lee. Authorities say they are not looking for a suspect, but did not immediately classify the [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —  ”I don’t like taxes of any kind it’s taking people’s money that they’ve earned, says Professor of Economics Nathan Hampton. Accoridng to State Representative Zach Dorholt, “It’s somewhat widely accepted, and the reason behind that is thos fees should go directly towards human resources. That budget is just like most budgets over the past ten [...]