News

DNR would be hit hard by shutdown

Though a government shutdown is still uncertain, the effects of one can be foreseen, especially by the Department ...

Politics

Government warns public contractors of shutdown

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The impact of shutting down Minnesota government would be felt far beyond the ...

Local Government

Shutdown effects still a mystery

One thing is for certain about the potential government shutdown: No one really knows what's going to happen.

Education

Area schools brace for government shutdown

A government shutdown means two things for education: Colleges and universities will be severely hampered, and education officials ...

News

State workers expect gov’t shutdown

By AMANDA LILLIE, MATT PETERSON AND JASON SCHOONOVER Austin’s Shelley King was one of about 42,000 state workers ...

RSS General

Minn. workers warned about shutdown layoffs

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A potential Minnesota government shutdown took an ominous step forward Friday, with layoff ...

News

Large state workforce would be affected by shutdown

If Gov. Mark Dayton and the legislature fail to agree on a state budget by June 30, it ...

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800 Minn. workers to get layoff notices this week

ST. PAUL, Minn. — About 800 Minnesota state employees will start getting layoff notices this week as Gov. ...

Politics

Minn. notifies contractors of possible shutdown

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The state of Minnesota has warned its private contractors that they won't be ...

News

Shutdown avoided, White House, Congress cheer deal

WASHINGTON — A last minute budget deal, forged amid bluster and tough bargaining, averted an embarrassing federal shutdown ...

News

Local federal workers waiting as government shutdown looms

Federal employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture office in Austin and across the nation on Monday are ...

News

What federal functions would be closed or open?

A look at how a shutdown would affect Americans from the Associated Press and the Austin Daily Herald.

Editorials

Include Congress

It should perhaps be no surprise that, should the federal budget impasse lead to a government shutdown, members ...

RSS General

Army Corps would fight Minn. floods in shutdown

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Most federal employees in Minnesota would be furloughed in the event of a government shutdown, ...

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