by Jake Grovum
Published: July 20, 2011
Tags: Geoff Michel, government shutdown, Kurt Zellers, Mark Dayton
"I’m not entirely happy with this budget," Dayton said after signing the budget bills at the Capitol this morning. "But it’s the best option that is available."
by Jake Grovum
Published: July 18, 2011
Tags: government shutdown, Kathleen Blatz, Kathleen Gearin, League of Minnesota Cities, Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association
Not issuing cards may be harmful to business, a judge ruled, it is not critical enough to override concerns about the judicial branch making budget decisions.
by Jake Grovum
Published: July 15, 2011
Tags: government shutdown, Kathleen Gearin
An order issued Friday means logging operations that had been allowed to continue under a separate ruling will once again stop.
by Jake Grovum
Published: July 14, 2011
Tags: Canterbury Park, government shutdown, Kathleen Gearin, Running Aces Harness Park
Without state inspectors on the job, racing had come to a halt, jeopardizing thousands of jobs and the businesses at both Canterbury and Running Aces.
by Paul Demko
Published: July 14, 2011
Tags: government shutdown, Minnesota 2012-13 budget, Minnesota Department of Corrections
Prison inmates are feeling the affects of the government shutdown. Visitations have been suspended until further notice and group religious services eliminated, according to a July 7 memo sent to the state's roughly 9,500 inmates.
by Dane Smith
Published: July 13, 2011
Tags: Dane Smith, government shutdown
We are divided and faltering in Minnesota and the United States, staggering through a state government shutdown over a legislative refusal to raise more revenue, and teetering on the brink of a disastrous and unprecedented default on our national debt for essentially the same reason.
by Jake Grovum
Published: July 13, 2011
Tags: government shutdown, Kathleen Blatz, Kathleen Gearin, Lucinda Jesson
The decision is a reversal of Gearin's original ruling June 29 which stopped the child care grant payments, saying they were not a "critical, core."
by Jake Grovum
Published: July 13, 2011
Tags: Dayton administration, government shutdown, Joe Gimse, Kathleen Gearin, Mike Beard
The two Republican chairmen of the Legislature's Transportation committees will be in Ramsey County court this morning to make the case that $100 million of transportation projects should restart.
by Jake Grovum
Published: July 12, 2011
Tags: government shutdown, Kathleen Blatz, Kathleen Gearin, special master
Rest stops will stay closed, despite objections from the state's truckers, as part of a series of orders released Monday.
by Jake Grovum
Published: July 11, 2011
Tags: Dayton administration, government shutdown, Joe Gimse, Kathleen Blatz, Kathleen Gearin, Lori Swanson, Mike Beard
The judge who laid the groundwork for the current shutdown will hear four cases arguing for more approved spending and a wider range of services.
