Amazon.com will begin collecting sales taxes from Minnesota customers next week, ending a cost advantage it has enjoyed over brick-and-mortar retailers in the state. The news also triggered a mystery.

There’s a two-year moratorium on new local sales taxes, and lawmakers are deciding over the terms for lifting it. It isn’t often that an influential committee chair explains an issue to her committee ...

If you’ve noticed the totals on your receipts looking a little higher, it’s not just you: On Oct. 1, sales tax in several Twin Cities area counties rose by 1% under two new bills passed by the ...

The Minnesota Department of Revenue will be collecting Marshall’s local lodging sales taxes. On Monday, the Marshall City Council approved proposed updates to city ordinances, delegating ...

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ST. PAUL - The environment and outdoors scored big in an otherwise rough Minnesota legislative session. A $4.6 billion budget deficit prompted spending cuts to most budget areas, including agencies ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. --Twin Cities-metro residents would pay more when they shop under a plan at the state capitol designed to fix what advocates say is an affordable housing crisis that needs long-term ...