Lawmakers Tour Proposed Bonding Project Sites
DULUTH, Minn. - State lawmakers came to Duluth to visit several sites of proposed state bonding projects. The representatives stopped at UMD to learn about recent improvements made to the campus.…
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Republican Leaders: Senate Won't Vote on Obama Repeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP’s latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last-gasp effort to deliver on the party’s banner campaign…
Duluth Councilors Set 2018 Maximum Levy, Reduce Police/Fire Cuts
DULUTH, Minn. - Duluth city councilors have fulfilled their state duty to set the maximum operating levy for 2018 to a number higher than Mayor Emily Larson has proposed. In a…
New Proposal Brought Forward by Duluth Council for Budget Cuts
DULUTH, Minn. - A new plan is emerging from two Duluth city councilors about what do about a $2.1 million budget cut. Last night, councilors Noah Hobbs and Elissa Hansen,…
Walker Signs State Budget Nearly 3 Months Late
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed the $76 billion state budget into law nearly three months after it was due. Walker on Thursday signed the two-year spending plan at an elementary school in Neenah surrounded by…
EPA Rule Tough for Wood Stove Manufacturers
HERMANTOWN, Minn. - Wood stove manufacturers are struggling to comply with a new EPA requirement. The rule was put in place to reduce particles in the atmosphere, but business leaders say it's…
GOP Warns Legislature Could Run Out of Money
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A report filed by attorneys for the Republican-led Legislature says lawmakers will have to start furloughing employees in December and shut down completely by February unless there's a resolution to a legal battle with Gov.…
Mayor Emily Larson Defends 2018 Proposed Budget Cuts
DULUTH, Minn. - Duluth Mayor Emily Larson is defending her 2018 budget proposal that includes $2.1 million in cuts spread out throughout all city departments. Mayor Larson…
New Lock Proposed at Soo Straights
DULUTH, Minn. - The Soo Locks at Sault Ste Marie, Michigan connect the Duluth and Superior shipping industry with the rest of the world, but the aging locks haven't been updated in…
Gov. Walker Thinking of Running for Governor Again
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -Republican Gov. Scott Walker is hinting that he'll officially announce his bid for a third term in November. Walker told WTMJ-AM radio on Monday that an announcement during the first week of November would make sense since…
Walker Signs $3 Billion Foxconn Bill into Law
MADISON, Wis.-Gov. Scott Walker has signed a $3 billion incentive package designed to lure a Foxconn Technology Group flat-screen plant to southeastern Wisconsin. Walker signed the bill Monday afternoon during a packed ceremony at a technical college in Sturtevant in…
Wisconsin Senate Begins Budget Debate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Senate has begun debating the state budget 11 weeks after the $76 billion spending plan was due. Republicans entered the day one vote short of the 17 they needed to pass the plan. But…
Enbridge Protestors Arrested In Superior
SUPERIOR, Wis. Protestors hoping to keep Enbridge workers from getting into their construction site on the line 3 replacement project Thursday morning are now in trouble with the law. In a dramatic…
Duluth Police, Fire Unions Against Mayor Larson's Proposed Budget Cuts
DULUTH, Minn. - The clock is ticking. Duluth fire and police departments are facing a $711,800 combined budget cut proposed by Mayor Emily Larson – a cut…
Wisconsin Assembly Begins Budget Debate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Assembly has begun debate on the $76 billion state budget, more than two months after their work was supposed to be done. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is defending the plan, saying that there…
