Wednesday, May 23 2012 5:21 PM EDT2012-05-23 21:21:46 GMT
With a few proposed amendments to the state constitution on the ballot this fall, Minnesota Secretary of Sate Mark Ritchie announces a new website addressing the process. The voter education web page
With a few proposed amendments to the state constitution on the ballot this fall, Minnesota Secretary of Sate Mark Ritchie announces a new website addressing the process.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 5:12 PM EDT2012-05-23 21:12:15 GMT
The last time this building was occupied full-time by grades 4th-6th was the 2009 and 2010 school year. Since closing its doors, the school district saved $190,000. Superintendent, Dick Orcutt says,
The JWP school board voted 4 to 2 Monday to sell the building for $1 to the Southern Minnesota Chamber of Commerce.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 2:46 PM EDT2012-05-23 18:46:05 GMT
Do you have trouble stepping away from a sale, even when your wallet is empty? Or maybe your shoe collection is threatening to walk all over your credit. People go into debt for a lot of reasons, unemployment,
Do you have trouble stepping away from a sale, even when your wallet is empty? Or maybe your shoe collection is threatening to walk all over your credit.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 2:08 PM EDT2012-05-23 18:08:27 GMT
The man who runs the Secret Service apologized on Capitol Hill this morning for the conduct of agents speaks out about on the Columbian prostitution scandal.
The man who runs the Secret Service apologized on Capitol Hill this morning for the conduct of agents speaks out about on the Columbian prostitution scandal.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 2:04 PM EDT2012-05-23 18:04:55 GMT
General Mills says it's cutting about 850 jobs as part of a plan to lower costs and boost efficiency.
General Mills says it's cutting about 850 jobs as part of a plan to lower costs and boost efficiency.
ST. PAUL, Minn. -
A hundred or so area leaders and business people make their way up to the Capitol to lobby the Legislature.
The big ticket item this year once again is an expansion of the Mankato Civic Center.
The city of Mankato is hoping for about $15 million, half of the estimated cost that will bring the MSU women's hockey program to the Verizon Wireless Center, and expand convention opportunities.
The city and university have had the project on their wish list for several years, and they're hoping that in a year absent of budget deficits, they'll finally get that wish.
MSU President Dr. Richard Davenport says, "I'm fairly confident that legislators are going to hear our story. I think the question will be 'is the bonding bill going to be large enough to accommodate city projects like ours?' I'm hopeful that if one city project gets funded ours will also, and I think we have an excellent story to tell there."
The area delegation is hearing that Republicans are looking at a bonding bill in the area of $500 million, significantly less than Governor Dayton's proposed $775 million.
Mankato's addition to the states metropolitan area list is the major selling point for those at the Capitol today, a designation they did not have in the past.
Mankato City Councilman-at-large Mike Laven says, "What we're doing well in Mankato does have an impact on the state economy and we want to let them know that we're helping that and we want to let them know that Mankato... we're at the big kids table. We're no longer segregated to the other room; we're up there with Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, St. Cloud."
The Mankato lobbying group is also pushing for additional facilities on the MSU campus, and for the 4-lane expansion of highway 14 from Mankato to New Ulm.
