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MnDOT launches work zone safety campaign

ST. PAUL — Despite the wintry weather Minnesota is experiencing, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is kicking off Work Zone Awareness Week April 15 with a new public education campaign...

news Mon, Apr 15, 2013 - 12:12pm

Phil Krinkie: E-funding for a new Vikings’ stadium has e-vaporated

Last year in May after ten years of acrimony and debate over the public funding of a new Vikings stadium, the state Legislature passed a financing package, one which calls...

opinion / editorials Fri, Apr 12, 2013 - 5:26pm

Sen. Torrey Westrom of Elbow Lake speaks about a Senate transportation budget proposal during a meeting Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (Danielle Killey/Forum News Service)

Nixed gas tax could delay transportation projects

ST. PAUL -- Maybe next year. That is what state lawmakers in charge of the transportation budget are saying about major transit and road projects, which likely will be put...

news / government Thu, Apr 11, 2013 - 2:34pm

Rep. Jay McNamar of Elbow Lake listens Tuesday, April 9, 2013, as a House committee hears a public works projects funding proposal. (Don Davis/Forum News Service)

Bonding leader urges officials to push for bill

ST. PAUL -- Communities across Minnesota should pressure lawmakers to support a public works funding bill, its House sponsor says. “I think those local communities absolutely have a vested interest...

news / government Wed, Apr 10, 2013 - 9:34am

Moorhead City Manager Michael Redlinger

Job, tax plans could benefit rural Minnesota

ST. PAUL – Rural Minnesota businesses could hire more employees and afford to stay in the state with some extra state help, some lawmakers say. Minnesota legislators have introduced plans...

news / government Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 4:51pm

Rep. Jay McNamar: Legislature hard at work on budget bills

In our first week back from the Easter break, we are hard at work getting our budget bills in order. Each committee has their own budget target that shapes which...

opinion Mon, Apr 08, 2013 - 10:08am

Baby boomers make state decisions difficult

ST. PAUL – Baby boomers will make writing the state budget harder, reduce the Minnesota labor force and cause state health care spending to soar, State Demographer Susan Brower said...

news / government Fri, Apr 05, 2013 - 5:02pm

When it comes to tax, what is ‘fair’?

ST. PAUL – Making Minnesota’s tax system fair is a key goal for state lawmakers and the governor. But the definition of tax fairness is more elusive than it might...

news / government Fri, Apr 05, 2013 - 5:01pm

Minnesotans see impact from federal sequestration cuts

ST. PAUL – The federal government’s failure to agree on how to fix its debt problem could cost Minnesota more than $90 million this year. Early numbers show schools and...

news / government Fri, Apr 05, 2013 - 4:59pm

Growing Green: Spring Planted Bulbs for Summer Bloom

I can’t imagine a garden without the lovely fragrance of Acidanthera (Peacock Orchid). A type of gladiola, the acidanthera flower is a white bloom with a maroon blotchy center, and...

news / region Mon, Apr 01, 2013 - 10:40am

Sen. Torrey Westrom: Comments on Gov. Dayton's revised budget

Governor Dayton recently released a revised budget on March 14, 2013. His modified budget calls for $37.94 billion in state spending, which is up from our current budget of $35.2...

opinion / editorials Fri, Mar 29, 2013 - 4:53pm

Spring load restrictions begin Friday

MAPLEWOOD – Spring load restrictions in the central, north-central and north frost zones of Minnesota will begin on Friday, March 29. These restrictions are already in place for roads in...

news Wed, Mar 27, 2013 - 5:02pm

Major project and lane closures underway on I-94

ST. CLOUD – Motorists travelling Interstate 94 near St. Cloud will encounter delays as non-rush hour lane closures occur on both directions of I-94 between Highway 24 in Clearwater and...

news Wed, Mar 27, 2013 - 2:40pm

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton meets Monday, March 25, 2013, with Moorhead-area residents during one of his "Meetings with Mark" to get reaction to his proposed budget. It includes a new income tax rate on the top 2 percent of earners. (Michael Vosburg/Forum News Service)

Dayton hears about smoking border battle

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Frank Orton made sure Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton understands problems he faces in competing against North Dakota stores. “Minnesota must not adopt a tax policy that makes...

news / government Wed, Mar 27, 2013 - 10:07am

Community Coffee to be held in honor of U of M President Eric Kaler

MORRIS – A Community Coffee will be held in honor of University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler on Saturday, April 6, at 9 a.m. in Welcome Center 122. The public...

news / education Mon, Mar 25, 2013 - 3:28pm

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