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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/WCCO) — Minnesota lawmakers will have a $1.4 billion budget surplus to spread around next year, state officials announced Friday. According to the budget forecast, Minnesota is expected to close out this budget cycle in June with...

There are so many uncertain factors affecting Minnesota’s next budget cycle that top officials say Wednesday’s forecast offered the least clear economic picture in recent state history. Minnesota’s projected $1.1 billion deficit for the 2014-15 biennium...

Here are the latest reports from the Washington Posts ‘Wonkblog’. A top candidate to be Trump’s VP is totally at odds with him on a major issue Before he became governor of Indiana and a candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, Mike...

ASHLAND CITY, TENN. — In December 2014, Donnie Gene Rippy fell off a roof while shooing away ducks, breaking his back and too many bones to count. He underwent four surgeries to fix his shoulder, wrists and vocal cords. Rippy, a brick mason, had the...

New from Steve K's Vaping World: Talk about a weird week.  This week’s news roundup is a selection of kind of unusual stores.  Call it the weird pre-Christmas season if you will.  No that doesn’t mean that the prohibitionists...