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WILLMAR — A dispute over contract language governing the time of part-time teachers has apparently derailed everything else accomplished in contract negotiations between the Willmar School Board and its teachers. Education Minnesota Willmar and the district’s negotiating team...

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 call them back into session to pass a temporary budget as off-and-on talks appeared...

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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 shutdown. On Tuesday, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton said that today is the last chance for action...

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 before state government could shut down if they are not successful. Neither Democratic Gov.

An excerpts from recent editorials in Minnesota newspapers: Recent days have brought several interesting developments in the increasingly tense philosophical debate that's playing out in St. Paul. To recap: On one side are the DFLers who control the Legislature but lack a veto-proof...