State budget deal: No gas tax hike; health care tax continues

Governor Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and House Speaker Melissa Hortman held a news conference Sunday night to announce a budget agre

Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and House Speaker Melissa Hortman held a news conference Sunday night to announce the budget agreement.

— Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune

The deal denies Gov. Tim Walz much of the new revenue he wanted for road improvements, but leaves mostly intact a health care tax that Republicans sought to end. There's also a small middle-class income tax cut.

Trump tells anti-abortion activists to stay united for 2020 election

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 file photo, anti-abortion activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in Washi

President Donald Trump distanced himself from Alabama's restrictive new abortion law by laying out differing personal views even as he urged anti-abortion activists to stay united heading into the 2020 election.

Frost advisory in place for much of Minnesota this morning

Frosted raspberry plant, as seen in Afton, Minn.

Just a week before Memorial Day, Minnesotans were surprised with a cold, wet forecast that included snow Sunday in northeastern areas and, for most of the state, an advisory for frost through Monday morning that could damage any recently planted annuals.

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Transgender Honduran awaits her asylum case in Twin Cities suburbs

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Ramp expansion will address parking crunch at Apple Valley Transit Station

An MVTA Route 477 bus departs the Apple Valley Transit Station

On Wednesday, the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) board of directors is expected to sign off on plans to add two more levels to the parking structure to accommodate demand at the busy south-metro park-and-ride.

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