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For state college administrators, the announcement of the Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s unallotment plans was a good news/bad news story. The size of the budgetary hit was not as big as they expected. But, it’s still a substantial amount. The state’s two higher-education systems — which comprise 32 colleges and state universities, plus the four University of Minnesota campuses outside the Twin Cities — will each take a hit of $50 million dollars, or about a 3.6 percent drop.

When Gov. Tim Pawlenty ran for reelection in 2006, one of the more effective and abiding themes used against him by his most formidable challenger, Mike Hatch, was the governor’s hypocrisy in the matter of funding higher education. Noting that a key part of Pawlenty’s “regular Joe” biography included his account of putting himself through [...]

This past week has not been kind to the legacy of Dick Cheney.  First, we were treated to Cheney’s bizarre assertion that because the vice president has some executive branch duties and some legislative branch duties, that he is therefore responsible to neither.  That Cheney has previously and repeatedly asserted executive privilege was icing on [...]

A controversy regarding the appointment of a new student representative to the Board of Trustees for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is resulting in strong criticism of a candidate reportedly favored for consideration by Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

The candidate, Luke Hellier, is a graduate of St. John’s University, a private college in Collegeville.  He [...]