Caroline Cummings

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The Republican and DFL leads on the House taxes panel on Tuesday unveiled their tax bipartisan proposal that leaves some of the more controversial provisions on the cutting room floor. Not included in the sweeping bill is eliminating the lowest income tax bracket, creating a new fifth-tier income tax bracket for the wealthiest Minnesotans to backfill any cuts to Medicaid or trimming the state sales tax rate while expanding what services are subject to it, which Gov.

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Minesota State system considers tuition hikes A college degree is already expensive, and it could cost students even more at some Minnesota public colleges and universities next year.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday signed into law a bill designed to protect employees of lake weed removal businesses after two young men drowned on the job. The bipartisan Brady Aune and Joseph Anderson Safety Act, named for those men, requires divers be scuba certified and trained in first aid and CPR, mandates certain equipment and requires employers to provide it and calls for a standby diver. Aune and Anderson died on the clock two years apart, working similar jobs at different companies.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Caroline Cummings

A proposal advancing in the Minnesota Legislature includes changes to clarify the absentee ballot process after officials in Shakopee last fall accidentally threw ballots in a close race in the trash, prompting a court case challenging the results. DFL Rep. Brad Tabke won his district by 14 votes but there were 20 missing absentee ballots from one precinct, which sparked controversy.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Caroline Cummings

The Minnesota Senate on Thursday unanimously agreed to rename a Minneapolis bridge for the late Sen. Kari Dziedzic, the former DFL leader who died late last year after a battle with cancer. The amendment was tacked onto a transportation funding package and would name the 10th Avenue bridge in Minneapolis — which runs parallel to the Interstate 35W bridge across the Mississippi River — the "Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic Memorial Bridge."Sen.