New Minn. Law Eases Shift Swaps By Airline Workers
Workers for Delta Airlines and other air carriers will have more leeway to trade work shifts when a new Minnesota law takes effect Friday.
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Workers for Delta Airlines and other air carriers will have more leeway to trade work shifts when a new Minnesota law takes effect Friday.
An estimated 2,000 people are expected to turn out next week for a South Carolina visit by U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, a potential Republican presidential contender.
The clock is ticking and congress has until Friday to pass a budget authorization bill, or the federal government will have to shut down. So, what happens if the government shuts down, and what's the cost?
The Minnesota House prepared to vote Wednesday on deep cuts to projected health and welfare spending, the last in a lineup of budget bills, as Republicans who run the Legislature finished their opening offer to solve the state's $5 billion deficit.
Minnesota lawmakers called again for stronger anti-bullying laws Monday at the Capitol, even though the measure was rejected by the Senate last week.
A staffer for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was arrested in Iowa Tuesday evening for public intoxication and trespassing.
A Minnesota Senator was hit by a car while out for a morning jog Wednesday.
A temporary shutdown of the federal government would mean some closed federal offices and parks in Minnesota -- but the mail, jails and airports would be unaffected.
Little-known attorney JoAnne Kloppenburg has declared victory over incumbent state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser.
Minnesota lawmakers are coping with their three-year hangover: Whether to allow beer and alcohol sales at the University of Minnesota's on-campus football stadium.
Gov. Mark Dayton's pick to head state tax collections starts full-time on Wednesday, 12 days before taxes are due.
Mindful of the political risks, Republican presidential hopefuls treaded gingerly -- or ducked -- as House Republicans unveiled a budget plan that would slash federal spending by about $5 trillion over 10 years while revamping health programs for the elderly and poor.
The simmering debate at Minnesota's Capitol over the balance between providing government services and encouraging economic growth flared in the Senate on Tuesday, as Republicans passed a tax bill they said would make the state a better place to do business.
It took many hours of debate over two days but the Minnesota Senate has passed the last of a series of bills closing the state's $5 billion budget shortfall.
Republican Tim Pawlenty's nascent presidential campaign is settling into a high-rise office building in downtown Minneapolis, the planned headquarters of a White House run.
