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  • Tax forms for MNsure still remain backlogged

    Mar 16, 2016

    ST. PAUL -- Last week, MNsure CEO Allison O’Toole assured anxious customers that the health exchange would send out a “significant” batch of 1095-A tax forms by March 15, as it tried to clear a backlog of nearly 18,000. The actual number of forms processed over the weekend: 555. MNsure has processed around two-thirds of 43,674 forms it needs to send out. Its backlog has shrunk to 14,485, but that’s primarily because the health exchange now says it overestimated how many forms it needed to send by around 3,000. http:/...

  • Local authorities, feds investigating alleged ISIL 'kill list' for Minnesota law enforcement

    Mar 16, 2016

    An alleged ISIL "kill list" containing the personal information of dozens of Minnesota law enforcement officers is the focus of an investigation by state and federal agencies. The list, purportedly created by a group of hackers affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, includes the names, addresses and telephone numbers of officers from across Minnesota. Authorities acknowledge that they are still gauging the seriousness of the threat posed by the group, which calls itself the Caliphate Cyber Army. http://www...

  • Dayton proposes $698 million in new spending for broadband, racial equity, tax cuts

    Mar 16, 2016

    Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled a dramatically scaled-back budget proposal Tuesday, abandoning his longtime effort to bring state-paid preschool to Minnesota as he tries to ensure the state’s fiscal stability for years to come. The governor’s reduced spending priorities came as a result of new warnings about a potential economic slowdown that could drag the state into deficit in coming years. Dayton said he would only pay for urgent spending priorities and is determined to beat back ongoing spending proposals that could blow a hole in future...

  • Businesses push for more data in emotional St. Paul sick leave debate

    Mar 16, 2016

    Stories of sick employees forced to choose between staying home or paying rent rang out in the lobby of St. Paul City Hall on Tuesday, where a group of faith leaders implored officials to pass paid leave regulations. “It’s not fair that the poorest members of our city are most at risk of falling increasingly behind,” said Pastor Bradley Schmeling of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. The religious advocates’ urging comes as St. Paul is delving into the details of a citywide earned sick-leave policy. A task force is reviewing community input...

  • Sweet gesture: Dairy Queen giving away free cones today

    Mar 16, 2016

    Edina-based Dairy Queen is renewing its annual one-day giveaway of free cones of its signature vanilla soft ice cream. The motive of Tuesday’s sweet “Free Cone Day” gesture by the dessert-based national fast food chain is to collect donations for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals as part of the promotion at its U.S. locations. Here are some asterisk-like details: Cone size is small, limit one to a customer, and mall outlets are not included. Since 1984, the Dairy Queen system has raised more than $110 million for Children’s...

  • Native American Groups Defend Their Right to Vote

    Mar 16, 2016

    WASHINGTON—When Americans go to the polls this November to elect the next U.S. president, Native American groups worry that many of their members will be turned away from the ballot box. Native Americans won U.S. citizenship more than 90 years ago. Even so, many states denied them — as they did African Americans — the right to vote, subjecting them to poll taxes, literacy tests, harassment and intimidation. http://www.voanews.com/content/native-american-groups-defend-their-right-to-vote/3238853.html...

  • Hunger on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - Part 5 of 8

    Mar 16, 2016

    In this series, the Black Hills Pioneer staff examines the effects of hunger in our state and local communities. The following is part five of eight and examines hunger on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. PINE RIDGE — Hunger is a fact of life for those living on South Dakota’s seven Indian Reservations, where third-world conditions of extreme poverty found a home in America. Many issues contribute to this lingering problem on the reservations, but they all share the same root: severe economic depression. Per capita income in Oglala...

  • Offers out to owners of Fond du Lac land

    Mar 16, 2016

    The U.S. Interior Department on Monday said that Minnesota’s Fond du lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has $3.8 million available to buy back interest in multiple parcels of land on the reservation. Interior officials said formal offers have been made to 3,200 landowners with “fractional interests” in the reservation as part of the federal land buy-back program for tribal nations. Interested sellers have 45 days — until May 2 — to return accepted offers in the prepaid postage envelopes provided. http://www.duluthn...

  • BIA approves HEARTH Act leasing regulations for Shakopee Tribe

    Mar 16, 2016

    The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota has joined the growing list of tribes that are taking advantage of the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act. The tribe's business site leasing regulations have been approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Tuesday. That means the tribe won't need the agency's approval for every single lease in the future. Approval also confirms that the tribe cannot be taxed by the local or state government for...

  • House subcommittee to hear from tribes and tribal organizations

    Mar 16, 2016

    Dozens of tribes and tribal organizations are presenting their funding priorities to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies this week. The testimony will be spread over four sessions on Thursday and Friday. Witnesses include National Congress of American Indians President Brian Cladoosby, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye and Cherokee Nation Chief Bill John Baker. All sessions will be webcast, according to the subcommittee. http://www.indianz.com/News/2016/020679.asp...

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs slammed for safety conditions at schools

    Mar 16, 2016

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs doesn't know the true health and safety conditions at schools across the nation, putting students and staff at risk, the Government Accountability Office said in a report last week. The Bureau of Indian Education is supposed to inspect every school every years. But 69 out of 180 institutions were missed in 2015, up from 67 in 2014 and 55 in 2013, the report stated. "In particular, we found that one of the largest BIE boarding schools — which enrolled about 630 students in 2015 — had not been inspected by Indian...

  • Senate confirms John King as leader of Department of Education

    Mar 16, 2016

    The Senate voted 49 to 40 on Monday to confirm John King, Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Education for the remaining months of the Obama administration. King has worked at the department since January 2015. He's been closely involved with efforts to improve educational outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native students, the vast majority of whom attend public schools across the nation. "It is a shame for the country ... that still we do not provide the access and opportunity for our Native American youth that we should and must,"...

  • Iditarod Dog-Slaying Accident 'Tip of Iceberg' in Substance Abuse Issues in Rural Alaska

    Mar 16, 2016

    While a senior at Andrew K. Demoski School in Nulato, Alaska, Arnold Demoski helped raise $20,000 for a class trip to Cleveland, Ohio. Upon graduation from high school, he was a Doyon scholarship recipient. He became natural resources coordinator for the Nulato Tribal Council, represented the council at meetings of the Western Interior Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council, and served on the Middle Yukon River Advisory Committee, which advises the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on issues related to game, trapping, and fishing issues...

  • Snowmachiner faces assault, criminal mischief charges after striking dogs

    Mar 16, 2016

    A 26-year-old Nulato man says he was returning home from Koyukuk after a night of drinking when he struck Aliy Zirkle and Jeff King's teams in the early hours of Saturday with his snowmachine. Arnold Demoski told Channel 2 News that when he woke up this morning and heard what happened to the mushers, he checked his snowmachine and knew he'd done it. The 2016 Ski-Doo was missing a cowling, or hood. Fresh, rust-colored stains marked the siding. http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/iditarod-1-dog-dead-3-injured-in-snowmachine-attack-o...

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