(Fargo, ND) -- In Fargo, police are escorting semis loaded with thousands of sandbags to people's homes to protect against the rising Red River. There were rescues last year and Cass County North Dakota Sheriff Paul Laney says choppers and boats will be in place by tomorrow, if needed. The ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- A bill setting up alternative ways of licensing teachers in Minnesota is debated in state Senate committee today. Minnetonka Democrat Terri Bonoff argues it's needed to help attract highly-talented instructors to Minnesota classrooms. Other topics in the Senate this afternoon include allowing Minnesotans to buy health ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Governor Pawlenty has chopped 320-million dollars from the public works bill he signed last week. Higher education takes the biggest hit, more than 100-million dollars in construction projects. Also trimmed from the billion-dollar bill: 50-million to expand civic centers in Rochester, Mankato and St. Cloud. The funding ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- The state Supreme Court hears oral arguments today, after Governor Pawlenty appealed a lower court's decision striking down one of the budget cuts he made last summer, following the 2009 session. Democrats agree with the district court that the governor overstepped his bounds, but if the ...More
(Grand Forks, ND) -- Forecasters say recent warmth and rains have pushed up timing of the expected crest of the Red River at Fargo-Moorhead. The latest flood update is due out later today but for now the National Weather Service predicts the swollen Red will top out at around 38-feet by ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Senate Democrats are proceeding with plans to send Governor Pawlenty a bill that will balance part of the state budget. But they haven't decided yet what they'll do on the most difficult areas such as health and human services, state aid to cities and counties ...More
(Undated) -- It's the same story on home foreclosures in Minnesota. New numbers for February show a seven-percent jump in mortgage defaults over the previous month. Daren Blomquist with RealtyTrac says Minnesota's activity continues to increase but the state is doing better than many, ranking 27th in terms of ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota House and Senate are set to pass a reworked bonding bill today which Governor Pawlenty has indicated that he'll sign. However, he also says he will line-item veto some projects. Democrats' billion-dollar bonding package is well over the 725-million-dollar target set by the governor ...More
(Minneapolis, MN) -- More than 30-thousand students go to school today but will stay in their classrooms as the lockdown continues in the Minneapolis School District. The Web threat of a shooting that reportedly originated from Australia prompted officials to lockdown 60 district buildings Wednesday, while another threat resulted in the ...More
(St. Paul, MN) -- Democrats could bring a one-billion-dollar bonding bill up for a vote as soon as tomorrow after refusing Tuesday night to put in more money to expand the state sex offender treatment facility in Moose Lake. Walker Republican Larry Howes asked Democrats to come more the governor's ...More
