Update: The Latest on Minnesota Shutdown

As of early this afternoon, the Minnesota Judicial Center and the Ramsey County District Courthouse are closed until July 5, security officers at both facilities confirmed Saturday.

Rulings on the 22 petitions for funding heard on July 1—including the Minnesota Zoo, Minnesota Coalition of Battered Women, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Canterbury Park—may come over the weekend but Special Master Kathleen Blatz will not hear any new appeals until after the holiday.

But nonprofit organizations seeking to join the queue are in luck, because petitions for funding will continue to be received and processed through the holiday weekend.