Posts by Britt Robson
2008 session recap: Pawlenty, legislators make peace by creating budgetary crisis for next year
Now that we’ve watched Minnesota’s legislators emerge from their late-night rubber-stamping of closed-door policy negotiations with broad grins and hearty backslaps on a job well done, it’s important to remember that the last day of the session marks…
Education funding bill likely to leave Pawlenty with another override battle on his hands
Gov. Tim Pawlenty already received one black eye this legislative session when a bipartisan coalition voted to override his veto of the transportation bill. Now another piece of legislation, the education finance bill, is causing our chief executive…
Berglin, DFL push for constitutional amendment to stop raids on state health care fund
Tired of watching Governor Tim Pawlenty try to raid Health Care Access Fund dollars to balance deficits in the general fund, DFL legislative leaders are attempting to put the matter in the hands of the voters. On…
Same as it ever was: Pawlenty again wants state health care fund to solve his budget troubles
Ever since Tim Pawlenty was elected governor in November 2002, budget deliberations at the State Capitol have taken on a Groundhog Day redundancy. Regardless of whether the state’s general fund is showing deficits in the billions, millions,…
In Lege hearing, Northwest execs underline the uselessness of NWA’s promises to state
A billion dollars is literally a nice round number — lots of zeroes. That’s the amount of “annual synergies” that a merger between Delta and Northwest will be able to create, according to Ben Hurst, the general…
