Government shuts down after no budget deal in Minnesota

From: The Washington Times | June 30, 2011 

It's lights out for Minnesota.

A Democratic governor who sought to raise taxes on the wealthiest residents bumped heads with a Republican-controlled legislature, and their protracted budget impasse shut down state government just after midnight on Friday.

Both sides spent weeks negotiating over how to deal with a projected $5 ...

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