Minnesota proposes higher payroll tax and stricter jobless benefits
Minnesota Employment Services calls for raising employer payroll taxes and limiting benefits for workers who quit or are fired. Proposals aim to close a 123 million dollar deficit, curb winter borrowing, and balance future incomes and outlays. Recommendations include requiring longer work history, higher earnings to qualify, and gradual increases in maximum benefits and employer tax rates.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Department of Employment Services
Employment Services
Emmet Cushing
Cushing
Florida
Winter Snow Expected With Blowing Drifts This Weekend
Snow likely today through early Saturday with one to three inches expected today and more accumulation tonight. Strong northerly winds will cause blowing and drifting snow with cold temperatures. Highs around 2 to 12 above today. tonight’s lows reach 22 to 5 below. Saturday highs from 8 below to 5 above.
Bemidji approves jet fueling facility at city airport
Bemidji Aviation Services wins council approval to expand land lease by 50 by 75 feet for a 12,000 gallon underground jet fuel tank and pumping station at Bemidji Municipal Airport. The council rejects a rent increase, citing inflation and maintenance costs, while addressing security and master-plan concerns.
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Bob Tucker
Bemidji
Bemidji Aviation Services
Bemidji Aviation
Larry Diffley
Doug Peterson
Larry Dow
Diffley
Les Jones
Dale Page
Doug Cann
Vern Maltais
Dougherty
Beltrami
Lowell Biella
PCA
Stand-off in Bemidji Woolworths strike over Erma Ward firing
Strikers from Bemidji protest Woolworths after Erma Ward is fired for alleged misconduct on the picket line. Negotiators from Woolworths and Meatcutters Union meet in a stand-off, with Ward asserting she remains active in the strike while seeking protection and hospital benefits. Federal labor board appeal filed. mediator to reconvene in a month as nine Woolworths workers started the strike on December 11.
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Woolworths
Meatcutters Union
Bemidji
Erma Ward
Ward
Alot
Solberg
National Labor Relations Board
State Bureau of Mediation Services
Peggy Olsen
Soares Warns Portugal Must Cut Spending to Avoid US Dependence
In an AP interview from Lisbon premier Mario Soares warns Portugal could become a South American style republic dependent on the United States if citizens do not reduce consumption and boost productivity. He plans a trip to Washington to see President Carter and seeks long term credits from a US Europe Japan Canada alliance. He outlines price controls on staples and plans for energy and industry projects with foreign loans. He denies a leftist military takeover and notes Communist support in municipal elections.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Portugal
United States
Mario Soares
Washington
Carter
Soares
America
Ford Administration
Canada
Japan
Antonio
Ramalho Eanes
Communist Party
Europe
Willet declines to run for Seventh District seat
State Senator Gerald Willet of Park Rapids announces he will not seek the Seventh District Congressional seat vacated by Bob Bergland who was named Secretary of Agriculture. Willet cites senate seniority committee chairmanships and budget influence as reasons to stay in the Minnesota Senate.
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Gerald Willet
DFL
Park Rapids
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Jimmy Carter
St. Paul
Willet
Senate
Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee
Blizzard forecast hits southern Minnesota and nearby states
The Associated Press reports a winter storm bringing 1 to 3 inches of snow to southern and west central Minnesota with 2 to 6 inches in other areas. Strong winds create blowing and drifting, zero to 32 below temperatures, and a warning of near zero visibility in North Dakota as the storm moves south from Regina toward Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Canada
Upper Midwest
National Weather Service
North Dakota
Regina
Nebraska
Weather Service
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Oneer
Chris Mattison
Burlington Northern Section
Old Midway Drive
Aviation Service
Ralph Moberg
FAA
North Lake Bemidji
Gene Ouradnik
Ouradnik
Herb Whiting
Whiting
Peterson
Woolworth’s
Neil Solberg
Irma Ward
Frederick Eggerich
Eggerich
By Dennis Redmont
Italy
Congress
District Four
State Capitol
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