Minnesota’s state government shut down for the second time in six years, at midnight last night. The shutdown happened after lawmakers were unable to develop a new budget plan to close the state’s $5 billion deficit. Thousands of state workers will stay home today, without pay, and officials have closed and locked highway rest areas […]
Minnesota’s state government shut down for the second time in six years, at midnight last night. The shutdown happened after lawmakers were unable to develop a new budget plan to close the state’s $5 billion deficit. Thousands of state workers will stay home today, without pay, and officials have closed and locked highway rest areas and state parks.