A proposed rule designed to deal with nitrate in groundwater could be stopped in its tracks if lawmakers employ a seldom-used law gives them the power to delay adoption.
A provision that would have raised roughly $20 million per year by charging drug manufacturers and distributors a licensing fee failed to make it into a legislative budget deal.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is asking lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow his office to tap into federal funds for election cyber security.
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty will bypass the Republican state convention and take his campaign for the GOP nomination directly to the August primary election.