Federal Government

A list of programs in Duluth-Superior that are available to help Federal employees affected by the shutdown.

Along with the New Years resolutions and calendars comes this change for 2019: The price of U.S. postage is going up. According to the United States Postal Service, the rate change will take effect on January 27, 2019.

Here's good news for the State of Minnesota:  We're on track to meet the challenge recently laid out by the U.S. Surgeon General for a more "walkable community".

Don't get me started on the current state of school lunches in the United States.  The Federal government has meddled with the requirements for public schools in our country leaving food that most people wouldn't find edible.  Or would they?

With all of the current controversy in the National Football League right now, it's not surprising that American's are taking a new look at the industry that generates almost $10-billion dollars a year - not counting second-tier profit centers.  But - did you know that the NFL is a non-profit organization and because of that designation - doesn't pay a dime of taxes on those profits?

If you like your heat-producing stove you can keep it.  Unless it burns wood, apparently.  New regulations set forth from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban the production and sale of 80% of the current wood-burning stove models in the United States.

It's good to see that Nancy Pelosi has her priorities straight.  The House Minority Leader has harsh words for the upcoming sequestration dilemma, because - she wants her paycheck!

Quick: What does one of the largest retailers in America do when the Federal Government declines their application for a banking charter?  Do it anyway - ala carte. Four years ago, Walmart abandoned its long-sought plans to obtain a federal bank charter amid opposition from the banking industry and lawmakers...