Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a bill to cut $1 billion from the state budget Thursday evening saying the bill was unconstitutional and would result in higher property taxes. To bolster his argument, Dayton turned to an unlikely source — former Gov. Tim Pawlenty. At a press conference, Dayton said it was the earliest veto a governor has made during a legislative session since 1939.
Rep. Michele Bachmann took a lot of heat last week from veterans groups that criticized her plan to trim the deficit by cutting back on veterans benefits among other government programs. In a statement on Friday, Bachmann said she has removed those cuts from consideration.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak finally got a big public payback for his early backing of Barack Obama as candidate for president when Obama gave the city a shout-out in his address before Congress tonight. Speaking about the…
The budget proposed Tuesday by Gov. Tim Pawlenty would cut $2 million from the Family Planning Special Projects, a grant program that funds health departments, nonprofits and tribal governments that provide family planning services to low-income Minnesotans. The cut amounts to a 20-percent reduction.
Public defenders, the lawyers appointed to represent the poorest Minnesotans in criminal court, have taken another budget cut this year. The Board of Public Defense will take a $1.5…
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