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Federal Gov’t Spends Millions On Hoop Houses
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal government has spent millions of dollars to help farmers nationwide buy greenhouse-like structures called high tunnels that can add valuable weeks and even months to...
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Good Question: Where Do Your Federal Tax Dollars Go?
By Jason DeRusha, WCCO-TV MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – On tax day, we’re reminded of all the money we spend on state and local taxes every year, but we don’t get a receipt. So what does our tax money buy? “I...
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Debt Ceiling Debate Impacts American Investors
CBS Moneywatch Editor at large Jill Schlesinger talked with Dave Lee on the WCCO Morning News. Schlesinger says a government default would be harmful to average american investors, and could...
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Minn. To Take Part In Emergency System Test
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — It’s only a test, but Minnesota public safety officials say now is a good time to have an emergency kit in your home and an emergency plan for your family. Minnesota will take...
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Tribes Want Federal Regulation Of Internet Gaming
WASHINGTON (AP) — With some states readying to start online gambling, Native American tribal leaders are calling on the federal government to step in as it did with brick-and-mortar gambling and...
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Feds Cut Number Of MN Clinics That Got NECC Drugs
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The federal government now says 111 Minnesota clinics received drugs from a Massachusetts pharmacy at the center of a fungal meningitis outbreak. That’s 18 fewer clinics than...
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CBS Business Reporter Rebecca Jarvis Visits On The WCCO Morning News
Rebecca Jarvis called into the WCCO Morning News for a fiscal cliff update with Dave Lee. Jarvis is worried that a strike at Hostess could be the death knell for Twinkies. Here is their interview....
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Cutting Flex Spending Accounts In Half Worries Families, Doctors
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – About 35 million Americans have flex spending accounts, which allow them to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for healthcare costs that aren’t covered by insurance. But as of Jan....
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Ramsey County To Buy Land Considered For Vikings Stadium
ARDEN HILLS, Minn. (WCCO) — Ramsey County will soon own a piece of land, which for a short time, was considered for a new Vikings Stadium. Right now, the federal government owns the 427-acre lot in...
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Feds Give Minnesota $39M For Health Insurance Exchange
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The federal government has given Minnesota a $39 million grant to continue developing the health insurance exchange that’s a major part of the Obama administration’s health care...
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How The White House Says Sequestration Could Affect MN
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Time is ticking away before $85 million is stripped from the federal government. The White House laid out a detailed look at how the state of Minnesota will be affected unless a...
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Street Signs Getting New Look Across The Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Keep an eye on street signs. They’re all being swapped out everywhere because the federal government has new sign standards. New street name signs have upper and lower-case fonts...
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Reality Check: Sequester’s Impact On Minn. Is Lower Than Most
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – With no deal in sight, the president is on the verge of signing an order that will slash billions of dollars from the federal budget. Update: President Barack Obama did sign...
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Minn. Authorities Welcome Change On Drug Sentences
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota authorities and defense attorneys are welcoming the federal government’s plans to ease up on drug sentences. They’re pointing out that Minnesota already has one of the...
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What’s Affected Locally By The Federal Government Shutdown
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s official, the federal government is partially shut down Tuesday morning for the first time in 17 years. This comes after the Senate rejected a House bill to fund the...
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U.S. Government Work Is Losing Cachet For Some
WASHINGTON (AP) — There was a time when being a federal employee meant a steady paycheck, great benefits and pride in serving the country. But these days, many federal workers are frustrated, anxious...
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Talking Points: Who’s To Blame In Gov’t Shutdown?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The federal government shutdown is headed into its second week with no end in sight, but Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she is hopeful that a compromise backed by 22 moderate House...
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Former Gov. Ventura Likens Gov’t Shutdown To Terrorism
(credit: Joe Corrigan/Getty Images) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura has compared the federal government shutdown to an act of terrorism and he’s pushing a petition for people...
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Ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura Speaks On Shutdown With WCCO
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is rarely short on opinion, and he weighed in on the federal government shutdown with WCCO’s Nina Moini on Sunday. Ventura was at the Mall Of...
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Reality Check: MNsure’s First Month
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Friday is the one-month anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, widely known as “Obamacare.” The rollout of the federal health care website has been fraught with problems. And...
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