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WILLMAR -- Gary Stern, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, will speak in Willmar this month at an event hosted by the Young Professionals...

WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi Area Transit will benefit from the federal economic stimulus package. Transit Director Tiffany Collins said Tuesday that KAT will receive a new bus in August that will...

ST. PAUL -- The Pawlenty administration plans to spend all federal economic stimulus money that it can get its hands on -- estimated at $4 billion. That announcement on Monday...

The federal stimulus package that is still being shaped in Washington is already approvingly awaited in the thirsty coffers of St. Paul. I cannot repress two questions: Is the federal...

ST. PAUL -- Local governments, health providers, colleges and pretty much every other group that depends on state money took a punch in the gut today when Gov. Tim Pawlenty...

BENSON -- Benson Public Schools will receive an $80,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor for construction of a renewable energies lab in the district. Superintendent Lee Westrum said...

LITCHFIELD -- The Meeker County Board of Commissioners Tuesday discussed possible county projects that could garner funding from a proposed federal stimulus plan. County Administrator Paul Virnig said Tuesday afternoon...

MnDOT says federal stimulus plan could bump up Paynesville Highway 23 bypass project six months PAYNESVILLE -- The construction schedule for Paynesville's state Highway 23 bypass could be bumped up...

Why have things gone so wrong for our country? For at least the past eight years the Republican Party has dominated all branches of the federal government, including the presidency,...

ST. PAUL -- The country's economy could worsen if the federal government sends aid to financially hurting states, Minnesota Gov.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. House report says Minnesota was tied for last in the percentage of federal bridge funds it actually spent on bridges over a five-year period. The...