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House panel wonders if Obama broadband stimulus effort is connecting
Tom Steward
Published: Fri, Mar 22, 2013
TWO HARBORS, Minn. -- Lake County Minnesotans can't field calls or emails over their $66 million federal-stimulus funded Lake Connections broadband network yet, but the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee sure got through. The federal loan and grant awarded by the Rural...
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STATE WATCHDOGS: Privatizing buses a $2M bonus for cash-strapped Minnesota school district
Tom Steward
Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2013
ROBBINSDALE, Minn. -- A suburban Minneapolis school district is learning a valuable math lesson that could multiply budget savings long after the class of 2013 moves on. With increasingly limited resources and tighter than ever budgets, Robbinsdale Area Schools seized an opportunity to cut...