Kevin Forsch is the director of compensation for the State Bureau of Personnel, and Corey Landeen is the executive director for the State Employees Organization, a labor organization. They discuss proposed state rule changes that eliminate the appeals process for state employees who are laid off. The rules also provide no notice for emergency furloughs. The Career Services Commission takes up the proposed changes next week.
Michael Keller is the dean of the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota. He talks about the U.S. reaching the debt ceiling and what it means.
Also, St. Cloud Times Sportswriter Tom Elliott remembers Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew.