Twin Cities

Fire chief Tim Butler says a four-year-old boy and a man in his 20s escaped by jumping out second-story windows. They were taken to Regions Hospital with injuries from the jump and treated for smoke inhalation.
A Democratic state lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate says Minnesota could get extra federal health care dollars for moving ahead with plans to coordinate medical care for those with chronic conditions.
The state Senate has passed a bill that would make it easier for students to transfer credits within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
The flooding outlook in Stillwater is improving but officials say they still plan to keep the city's temporary dike protecting downtown in place until mid-April.
The Legislature and Gov. Tim Pawlenty are making progress on a health care funding bill for the state's poorest adults, so the state's largest safety net hospital is waiting on one planned cost-cutting move.
Carver County tax records show that Prince's PRN Music Corp. alone owes more than $227,000 for 2009 taxes to the state, Chaska School District and other government bodies. The county is just southwest of Minneapolis.