cuts

NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer School Board on Monday approved a resolution to terminate and not renew the contracts of three district teachers or employees. The three include Helen...

NEW LONDON -- The New London-Spicer School Board was presented Monday with a slightly increased list of potential budget cuts for the 2012-13 school year. The list now totals $258,517,...

"82% of Willmar High School graduates are going to college" -- Looks like neither the ever-increasing costs nor the government cuts to higher education are stopping anyone. Kari Stadem Blomkest

From The Associated Press An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: On fed spending cuts: Lawmakers in Washington are expected to pass another short-term spending bill...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota senators voted to trim $830 million out of the next state budget and $125 million from the current one today in a first step to plugging...

Under a Republican proposal, these cities from across the region would see their Local Government Aid reduced by the amounts listed in bold. Appleton 152,796 Benson $142,021 Glenwood $120,005 Granite...

The Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners approved a $58.5 million budget and a 2.68 levy increase Thursday, but commissioners were warned negotiations with half of the county's unions remain at...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed a bill Thursday to extend middle class tax cuts while letting those for the wealthy expire, even as talks continued on extending them all...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: On ending Bush-era tax cuts on the wealthy: A new report from the U.S Census Bureau strengthens the argument for...

MONTEVIDEO -- Larger class sizes and reduced extra-curricular opportunities were among the topics Monday before the Montevideo School Board. Superintendent Luther Heller said that budget cuts are being felt in...

As the debate rages over letting some of the Bush tax cuts expire, Republicans have raised their starve-the-beast theory from its coffin. They insist that government (the "beast") can be...