Topic: Minnesota

Minnesota summer shutdown costs-savings a wash: budget office

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A nearly three-week Minnesota government shutdown in July over a budget impasse left broad public frustration, but little impact on state finances, the state's budget office said on Tuesday.The longest and most expansive state government shutdown in Minnesota history ...

Minnesota shutdown adds stress to prisons

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The 1,600 or so men who live at Minnesota's Stillwater prison aren't getting much exercise these days.When they're not in their 6-foot by 9-foot cells, they can't go to the gym to lift weights, punch a boxing bag or ...

Minnesota budget deal pushes reckoning down the road

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A tentative budget deal in Minnesota pushes long-term fiscal problems two years down the road even as it aims to end the longest state shutdown in recent U.S. memory, experts said on Friday.The agreement announced by Democratic Governor Mark ...

Minnesota shutdown, impasse draws debt downgrade

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's government shutdown reached a seventh day on Thursday with no end in sight, and a major debt rating agency stripped the state of its AAA bond rating citing the budget battle as a reason.Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and ...

Minnesota leaders meet on education plan, shutdown in 7th day

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders were meeting on Thursday over the education budget as a broad state government shutdown began its seventh day with no end in sight.The Democratic governor, House Speaker Kurt Zellers and Senate ...

Minnesota leaders fail to break impasse, to meet again

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders met on Tuesday but failed to break a budget impasse five days into a state government shutdown.Trying to bridge the divide, former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Minnesota Republican ...

Minnesota government shutdown begins after talks fail

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's state government began a broad shut down on Friday going into the July 4 holiday after Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders failed to reach a budget deal.Parts of the government had already begun to shut ...

Minnesota government shutdown near after talks fail

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's state government is expected to shutdown going into the July 4 holiday after Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders failed to reach a budget deal on Thursday.Parts of the government had already begun to shut down ...

Minnesota lawmakers talk as government shutdown looms

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders failed to reach a budget agreement on Wednesday but said they would continue to negotiate, one day before a possible state government shutdown.If they cannot agree on a budget by midnight on ...

Minnesota leaders talk budget as state shutdown looms

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders were meeting on Wednesday in search of a budget deal but so far with no success with one day to go before a broad state government shutdown.If they cannot agree on a ...
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