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Fergus Falls band to march in inauguration
The Fergus Falls High School marching band has been selected to perform at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration next month.
Automakers face a crisis. State budgets across the country are in crisis. The effects of climate change are at a crisis-point. And you've probably also heard about the financial crisis and the mortgage meltdown. President-elect Barack Obama promises to bring change to Washington, but clearly he's going to have his work cut out for him. Cecily Sommers studies change for the PUSH Institute in Minneapolis.
Education could take a big hit during budget deficit
As state lawmakers start looking at ways to plug the $5.2 billion dollar deficit announced Thursday, it's going to be tough to not consider cuts to education. About 40 percent of the state budget goes to K-12 schools and nearly 9 percent funds higher education.
School superintendents fearful of expected budget cuts
Public education in Minnesota takes up the largest portion of the state's general fund. About 40 percent of the state's budget goes to Preschool and K-through-12 spending. So school districts around the state may be thinking their budgets could get cut first and most deeply.