The state's top campaign finance regulator has been tapped for a judgeship in Hennepin County court, and the board that watches over election spending is short of members.
The state auditor contends Minnesota lawmakers overstepped their authority by allowing counties to bypass her office and hire private accounting firms to conduct financial audits.
Minnesota lawmakers’ failure to resolve a bonding bill this year has put in limbo a $26.2 million plan to upgrade physical security in the State Capitol complex.