Businesses feel immediate bite

It's one thing to lose jobs because of the economy. But Vince Montgomery is perplexed that he might have to furlough employees because of politics . . . .

Mark Olson knows the pressure all too well. Olsen is a project manager at Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc., a general contractor on the interchange project at Hwy. 169 and Interstate 494 in the south metro.

Read more in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.