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  • Minnesota shutdown stirs debate over who gets paid

    07/11/2011 2:57:18 PM PDT · by WOBBLY BOB · 7 replies
    pioneer press ^ | 7-11-11 | PATRICK CONDON (AP)
    As the shutdown entered its second full week Monday, with no end in sight, politicians and public employees traded accusations over who's getting paid, who isn't and why. "None of them should be getting paid," said Mike Lindholt, a Department of Transportation maintenance worker idled by the shutdown. "If you don't do your job, you don't get paid. That's how it is for most people." The political leaders whose budget dispute caused the shutdown are still entitled to collect their pay, and more than half of them are. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican Senate majority leader have both...
  • Homeless evictions inflict social cost

    08/24/2002 2:25:27 PM PDT · by Vidalia · 2 replies · 293+ views
    Honolulu Advertiser ^ | Friday, August 23, 2002 | Eloise Aguiar
    <p>WAIMANALO — The closing of a popular camp site at Waimanalo Beach Park next month means that dozens of homeless may lose contact with the only people willing to help them, experts say.</p> <p>Social service agencies provide medical attention, psychiatric care and other services to the homeless on the beaches and in the parks where they live.</p>