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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.
Minnesota legislators will consider a bill Thursday that would make it a crime to stalk someone via text messaging.
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.
A group of University of Minnesota students defied the spring break stereotypes and used their free time to help others.
A man who climbed over a fourth-floor railing of the Mall of America rotunda has fallen to his death.
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.
A St. Paul man who was driving a Toyota in a crash that killed three people has asked a judge for a new trial.
The St. Paul school board is considering $33 million in budget cuts, including reducing administrative costs, closing buildings and changing school boundaries.