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Weather Alert

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT MITCHELL...WESTERN HOWARD...NORTHEASTERN
FLOYD...SOUTHWESTERN OLMSTED...MOWER...SOUTHEASTERN DODGE AND
FILLMORE COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM CDT...

At 1153 AM CDT, automated weather stations reported gusty showers
near Adams, or 16 miles northeast of Osage, moving northeast at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Automated weather stations.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Austin, Osage, Preston, Stewartville, Byron, Chatfield,
Spring Valley, Grand Meadow, St. Ansgar, Le Roy, Adams, Riceville,
Lanesboro, Brownsdale, Lyle, Lime Springs, Stacyville, Wykoff, and
Fountain.

This includes Interstate 90 in Minnesota between mile markers 181 and
222.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&


MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Chamber of Commerce offices across the state oppose paid family and sick leave bill

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The bill would give employees 12 weeks off for family and sick leave.

OWATONNA, Minn.-Chamber of Commerce offices across Minnesota are cautioning lawmakers against passing a paid family and sick leave bill. 

The bill would give employees 12 weeks of sick leave and 12 weeks of family leave, which could be stacked together.

Lawmakers plan on paying for the measure by imposing a .7% payroll tax on employers.

Employers then could shift the cost, up to 50%, onto their employees.

Owatonna's Chamber of Commerce President Brad Meier said small business owners have already expressed concern to him.

"Quite frankly it is a matter of not necessarily giving their employee time off. It is a matter of how long they will be gone and how am I going to support the business while they are gone," Meier said.

Meier added that business owners are in favor of other alternatives.

"We always prefer an incentive versus the other way, so you could provide tax incentives to businesses who provide a certain level of leave. Things of that nature," Meier said.

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) said only 75% of employees in Minnesota have access to paid leave. 

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