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Gambling no sure bet for budget fix

ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota Capitol undercurrent for months has suggested gambling to help solve a budget impasse that now has become the longest government shutdown in state history. "The...

news Tue, Jul 12, 2011 - 12:00am

Faces of the shutdown: Timberly Christianson

Timberly Christiansen and her mother, JoAnne Fallis, own Finn-N-Feather Resort, a four-generation, 20-cabin family operation. They saw the state government shutdown looming and on June 28 and 29 called their...

news / local Fri, Jul 08, 2011 - 12:00am

The waiting continues; Background checks can be done but some license renewals are still halted during shutdown

Had the Ramsey County judge recently not ordered the state Department of Human Services to restart background checks, new staff at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center would not have been able...

news / local / education Fri, Jul 08, 2011 - 12:00am

Pirkl

Faces of the Shutdown: Bill Pirkl

It is a difficult thing to see the construction project on Highway 71 sitting idle," said Bill Pirkl. Pirkl went from working his 16th year as a civil engineer for...

news / local Wed, Jul 06, 2011 - 12:00am

Budget talks on

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota state government is in a partial shutdown and the first budget negotiations in days resulted in nothing more than an agreement to meet again. When Democratic...

news Wed, Jul 06, 2011 - 12:00am

Lancaster

Faces of the shutdown: Jeremy Lancaster

Jeremy Lancaster worked as an independent subcontractor at the Department of Rehabilitation Services in Bemidji. His job specialized in vocational rehabilitation, where he would work with people who have trouble...

news / local Tue, Jul 05, 2011 - 12:00am

Janis Browns is a vocational rehabilitation technician at the Minnesota Workforce Center.

Faces of the shutdown

Jean Brown works as a vocational rehabilitation technician at the Minnesota Workforce Center, a service that operates under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. When Minnesota residents came...

news / local Sun, Jul 03, 2011 - 12:00am

The bold sign says it all. The Minnesota Capitol closed Friday to all but employees after the state's budget expired. The public only will be allowed in the Capitol if there are legislative committee meetings until the government shutdown ends. Pioneer Photo/Don Davis

Shutdown Notebook: Closed parks first place people see shutdown

ST. PAUL -- The most noticeable impact of Minnesota's government shutdown was predictable: state park users on a holiday weekend. "We're 400 miles away from home," said one father at...

news Sun, Jul 03, 2011 - 12:00am

County parks could see more use in state shutdown

Beltrami County's parks could see more use if state parks and recreational areas close from a government shutdown. Richard Moore, the Natural Resource Management Director/Land Commission of Beltrami County, said...

news / local Fri, Jul 01, 2011 - 12:00am

Shutdown ruling 'no soft landing'

news Thu, Jun 30, 2011 - 12:00am

Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch and House Speaker Kurt Zellers brief reporters Tuesday on budget talks aimed at avoiding a government shutdown. Pioneer Photo/Don Davis

Minnesota budget: 'Time is growing short'

ST. PAUL -- Today is the day for a state budget deal, key negotiators say, if one is possible before a Friday government shutdown. "We recognize time is growing short,"...

news Wed, Jun 29, 2011 - 12:00am

More than 500 local employees could face job layoffs if shutdown occurs

If state budget negotiators miss their deadline to approve a two-year budget agreement, many state employees could be looking at an extended Fourth of July vacation. For agencies based in...

news / local Wed, Jun 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Budget talks end abruptly

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota budget negotiations mysteriously ended with no explanation Sunday afternoon, 75 minutes after they started. Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders left the meeting without talking to...

news Mon, Jun 27, 2011 - 9:06am

Budget impasse: Dayton calls latest offer from GOP a 'non-proposal'

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's budget talks are at an impasse and two weeks before a potential state government shutdown Gov. Mark Dayton said he does not know how the problem...

news Fri, Jun 17, 2011 - 12:00am

The three second-grade classes at Horace May will present a musical play "Singin' the Red, White, and Blue" at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. today and 9:30 a.m. Friday. This is the 29th annual second-grade play that gives a history lesson of the United States, important people and places. Emma Mischke portrays the Statue of Liberty. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Horace May play will give U.S. history lesson

The three second-grade classes at Horace May will present a musical play "Singin' the Red, White, and Blue" at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. today and 9:30 a.m. Friday. This...

news / local / education Thu, May 05, 2011 - 12:00am

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