Department Warns of Possible Shutdown Effects on July 1

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has issued a list of services that will - or mostly will not - be available as of July 1 if the agency is obliged to limit its activities due to a lack of funding.The Minnesota State Legislature adjourned May 23 without reaching an agreement with the executive branch to appropriate money to fund the operations of state government for the fiscal year that begins July 1.In the absence of legislation specifically appropriating funds for the continuing operations of the department for the next biennium, "we will have no or very limited authority to co...