THE MINNESOTA HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICE (HESO) IS SEEKING CITIZEN INPUT on higher education programs, policies, and services as part of the executive branch biennial budget development for the upcoming legislative session. The forums create an opportunity for advocates to raise awareness of the importance of state funding for the U. Attend one of the six town hall meetings: Rochester (Sept. 27), Duluth (Sept. 28), St. Paul (Sept. 29), Mankato (Oct. 4), Moorhead (Oct. 11), and St. Cloud (Oct. 14). For more information, see http://www.umn.edu/groots/townhall.php .
By Channing Riggs, Ann Freeman, and Gayla Marty
From Brief, September 22, 2004
As the September light wanes over Washington, D.C., the 108th Congress prepares to adjourn and go home for the last hot weeks of election campaigns.
There's a lot to do in the remaining days before the federal fiscal year ends. A budget has not been approved, so it now appears likely that everything will be tossed into an omnibus appropriation bill to pass at the proverbial eleventh hour.