Federal Employees In Minnesota Await Word On Work Status
The standoff on Capitol Hill has more than 18,000 federal employees in Minnesota wondering about their work status if there's a partial shutdown at midnight.
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The standoff on Capitol Hill has more than 18,000 federal employees in Minnesota wondering about their work status if there's a partial shutdown at midnight.
A Minnesota congressional candidate is moonlighting as a remodeling company pitchman in an unusual TV ad that sparks campaign finance questions. Republican candidate Tom Emmer appears in a construction company's ad endorsing their work. In doing so, he notes his bid for office and stands in front of a campaign banner.
Hours before a threatened government shutdown, the Senate has the next move Monday on must-do budget legislation that has fueled a bitter congressional dispute over President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
A committee of the Minnesota Senate is meeting to vote on a $30,000 lawsuit settlement for an ex-aide who was fired after revelations of his affair with the majority leader.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals says a state law against "advising" people on committing suicide is unconstitutional. A three-judge appeals panel affirmed a lower court's ruling that the law is an overly broad restriction on free speech.
Minnesota schools will learn Monday how much the state will pay them to settle up on some big IOUs. Lawmakers temporarily shaved more than $2 billion in payments to schools in recent years to patch holes in state government's budget.
The state of Minnesota is ready to make good on some of its IOUs to public schools. Minnesota budget officials were revealing Monday how much back-pay schools would be coming their way.
As some senior level Vikings officials spend time in London, there are questions here at home about the future of the new Vikings stadium. Groundbreaking is scheduled for November, but final negotiations about developments and the stadium lease have been postponed Friday until next week. This is the second time final deals have been delayed. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) has now pushed back their final urgent deadlines for negotiations twice. The team says they will be locked into this lease for 30 years so that's why they are taking their time.
Minnesota state senators are scheduled to vote Monday on a $30,000 settlement that ends a lawsuit brought by an ex-aide who was fired over his affair with the majority leader.
The Minnesota Senate agreed Thursday to settle a lawsuit brought by a former staffer who was fired after he was found to be having an affair with the chamber's majority leader. The Senate agreed to pay Michael Brodkorb $30,000, an amount that chamber leaders said was equal to severance offered Brodkorb before he was fired in December 2011. He had been seeking more than $500,000.
Two critical agreements governing the new Minnesota Vikings stadium remain open to negotiation between the team and the public authority that will run the facility, leading the authority's board Thursday to delay ratification of the documents.
Minnesota can now register to vote from their computers or other remote devices, giving them an alternative to filling out a paper form. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's office announced the launch of the online voter registration system on Thursday.
As tobacco sellers feared, Minnesota's increased tax on cigarettes has dampened sales since taking effect on July 1. Minnesota Public Radio News reported Thursday that early Department of Revenue figures show a double-digit percentage fall in demand for the stamps affixed to each pack of cigarettes over the same period last year.
A Republican commissioner from northern Minnesota's St. Louis County is officially launching his bid to be the GOP's candidate for U.S. Senate. Chris Dahlberg of Duluth launches his campaign Thursday on the front porch of a home in the Twin Cities suburb of New Brighton.
Minnesota is days away from launching its new health insurance program as Minnesotans will pay the lowest average monthly premiums in the country. That's according to new numbers from the Obama administration made public on Wednesday.
