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Area school officials were pleased Wednesday when a judge ordered the state to continue funding public schools, even in the event of a state government shutdown. Before the ruling, schools...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota legislative leaders bought themselves some budget negotiating time today by summoning their members to the Capitol, but by evening Republicans were pleading with the governor to...

Update 2 p.m.

WILLMAR -- Many state employees will not be getting paychecks if the state government shuts down, but lawmakers will. Republican Reps. Bruce Vogel of Willmar and Dean Urdahl of Grove...

WILLMAR -- Most local lawmakers say they are holding out hope, albeit slim, that a last-minute budget agreement can be reached and a state shutdown avoided. "I'm still optimistic," said...

ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota government shutdown became more likely Wednesday with each tick of the clock. Budget talks ended late Wednesday without a deal to avert the shutdown. "We...

ST. PAUL -- A judge this morning ordered part of the Minnesota executive branch to remain operating even if there is no budget in place Friday. Failure to fund the...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's governor and legislative leaders sequestered themselves this morning for what was described as a final run at making a budget deal to avoid a Friday government...

GROVE CITY -- Sherri Broderius has a stack of papers an inch thick on her desk that the state Attorney General was required to send government entities regarding temporary funding...

NEW LONDON -- The New London-Spicer School board approved the 2011-12 school budget and approved raising school lunch and milk prices a nickel at the regular meeting Monday. The 2011...

ST. PAUL -- House Speaker Kurt Zellers cheerily welcomed the governor and other legislative leaders to his office this morning as two days of intensive budget talks began a week...

Update 4:30 p.m.