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Draheim focusing on personal care attendants, water improvements, more this session
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 3—MADISON LAKE — Republican Sen. Rich Draheim said he's pushing for more funding for personal care attendants this legislative session as nursing homes and assisted living facilities in ...
Instead of paying adults more, some states might let companies hire kids as young as 14 to fill the...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBoys folding boxes for Rowntrees Nux Chocolates in the packing department, Rowntree factory, York....
Local cities hopeful water projects make it in bonding bill
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 13—MANKATO — Several southern Minnesota cities are hoping their water infrastructure projects make the cut in this year's potential bonding bill. This comes as state agencies have previously ...
Local lawmakers review consequential legislative session
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 24—NORTH MANKATO — From the largest infrastructure spending package in state history, to paid family leave, child support programs, as well as tax cuts and increases, area lawmakers praised ...
Greater Mankato Growth to host legislative forum
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 9—NORTH MANKATO — Greater Mankato Growth will be holding a legislative forum with local lawmakers Tuesday in North Mankato. The event is 7:30-9 a.m. at the South Central Service Cooperative ...
Illegal child labor is on the rise in a tight job market
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoThere’s been a serious increase in child labor law violations in the US over the past few years....
States are weakening their child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 9 months agoArkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law in 2023 that lets children under 16 work without...
Bill aims to prevent drivers passing school buses
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 3—Palmer Bus Service's Shane Johnson said the issue of drivers failing to stop at school buses happens often. "We've had quite a few incidences throughout the years of cars that do run ...
Personal finance courses to be a graduation requirement after new law
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoSep. 29—During the last class period of the day at Mankato East, about 30 students in one of business teacher James Blahnik's personal finance classes learn important lessons about managing ...
SCC makes lab renovation bonding bill pitch to lawmakers
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 5—South Central College staff made their pitch to include lab renovation plans in the next bonding bill to lawmakers Thursday as local senators continued their tour of proposed projects ...
