Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:57 AM EDT2013-05-21 13:57:36 GMT
Just a few hours after the four-month session wrapped up, Minnesota's top elected Democrats are scheduled to do a post-mortem on what lawmakers accomplished.
Just a few hours after the four-month session wrapped up, Minnesota's top elected Democrats are scheduled to do a post-mortem on what lawmakers accomplished.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:15 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:15:20 GMT
A Mankato businesswoman is accused of theft by swindle against her brother. Authorities say Ruth Dutler, owner of Dutler's Bowl contacted her brother, Cole VanHorn, to see if he could help her redeem
Authorities say Ruth Dutler, owner of Dutler's Bowl contacted her brother, Cole VanHorn, to see if he could help her redeem some property that was being foreclosed.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:01 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:01:14 GMT
The city of North Mankato takes another step in adding soccer fields to Caswell Park. City leaders voted Monday night to approve plans and seek advertise for bids on the next phase of the Caswell North
City leaders voted Monday night to approve plans and seek advertise for bids on the next phase.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:58 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:58:41 GMT
Health officials are scrambling to vaccinate one million children against the measles. They are holding emergency vaccination clinics after more than 12–hundred people became infected with the disease
1,200 people have come down with the highly infectious disease so far this year.
WASHINGTON D.C. -
Congress returns to work this week with no plans to reverse the $85-billion dollars in automatic government spending cuts that kicked in 3 days ago. President Obama talked about the tough road ahead as he announced he wants Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Office of Management and Budget. If confirmed, Burwell, who currently runs the Wal-Mart foundation will take over as budget chief as the government works to implement $85 billion dollars in across-the-board spending cuts.
President Obama reached out to Republicans over the weekend, to look for ways to reverse some of the cuts. It's not clear if the gesture helped. The old debate over taxes is still standing in the way of compromise. Democrats want a mix of tax hikes and spending cut - Republicans say they will NOT agree to any tax increase. The House is expected to vote this week on a spending plan that will keep the government funded, but lock - in many of the automatic cuts . Both Republicans and Democrats have to agree on a budget for the remainder of 2013 by the end of this month - to avoid a government shutdown.
