STATE NEWS
Judge considers overturning Pawlenty's unallotment
The first of what could be many Minnesota court rulings on Gov. Tim Pawlenty's authority to unilaterally cut the state budget should come within days.By Don Davis , November 16, 2009
Accident waiting to happen?
A teenager, who just left school, decides he wants to go to a friend’s house instead of going home.
By Celeste Beam , November 13, 2009
Are you missing some money?
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is looking for taxpayers who are due to receive a combined $123.5 million in the form of 107,831 refund checks that were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.November 11, 2009
H1N1 detected in one Minnesota pig
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reports that USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a pig sample collected at the Minnesota State Fair submitted by the University of Minnesota.November 11, 2009
Length of jobless benefits is reduced to 72 weeks 
The U.S. Department of Labor has certified that the state is no longer eligible for the final tier of extended federal unemployment benefits.
As a result, the potential number of weeks of jobless benefits available must be reduced from 79 to 72.
November 06, 2009
Proposal would move state primary election to August in 2010
Minnesotans may be heading to the polls a month earlier next year to cast their vote in the state’s primary election.
November 06, 2009
Grants save college careers
It was a rough summer for Alyssa Courneya.
The young Alexandria woman did not know where she would go to school this fall.
By By Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau , November 04, 2009
MPCA offers grants for water monitoring efforts
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently announced the availability of $2 million in grant money for lake and stream monitoring projects.
October 30, 2009
Pawlenty, leaders begin 2010 talks
Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty and leaders of the Democratic-dominated Minnesota Legislature got a head start on their 2010 work October 20, agreeing they would start work on issues such as public works projects and how to inject money into the economy.
By By Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau , October 30, 2009
Businesses can make tracks for exports, says CEO
If a product dreamed up by an 11-year-old boy and manufactured in a 900-population community known as the Moose Capital of the North can successfully be shipped around the world, other small Minnesota businesses could do the same.
By Don Davis , October 28, 2009
Bill would help soldiers with college loan debt
Senator Amy Klobuchar recently introduced bipartisan legislation to help make student loans more affordable for soldiers fighting overseas.
October 23, 2009
State manufactured exports fall 19 percent in second quarter
Minnesota’s manufactured exports in the second quarter of 2009 were $3.6 billion, according to figures released by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
October 23, 2009
State receives money to clean-up contamination
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $4 million to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and two other government entities for cleaning up contaminated sites.
October 23, 2009
Grants available to reduce pollution
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is seeking applications for grants to be used in the development of environmentally sustainable practices that prevent pollution and conserve resources.
October 21, 2009
Public Safety maps Minnesota's most unbelted counties
In the midst of a statewide Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign running through October 22, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced the Minnesota counties with the highest percentage of unbelted traffic deaths based on total number of vehicle occupant deaths.
October 21, 2009
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