Environmental advocacy groups are feeling positive at the close of the 2008 legislative season. This session saw the passage of funds for the Central Corridor light rail line; a new state park; and the Clean Water, Land and…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty put his veto pen to use 23 times during the 2008 legislative session, including eight bills in a two-day span. Most notable among these was his Feb. 22 veto of the transportation finance bill,…
As a growing chorus of voices from all corners begin to question the benefit of agriculturally derived biofuels, Gov. Tim Pawlenty has signed into law a new biofuel mandate. The
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vetoed legislation that prohibits the manufacture, processing or distribution of certain electronics, furniture and mattresses treated with commercial decabromodiphenyl ether, commonly known as decaBDE.
DecaBDE is a chemical flame…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and his wife, Mary, were being interviewed by WCCO Radio’s Mike Max during Saturday’s fishing opener when Pawlenty turned bawdy and dropped a…
Buried deep in a post about Gov. Tim Pawlenty hedging on his promise to serve out the full length of his term in office, TPT’s Mary Lahammer reveals a stunning bit of information:…
Both Rep. Jim Oberstar, D – Minn., and Rep. Keith Ellison, D – Minn., strongly criticized Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain for his remarks today that pork-barrel spending was to blame…
A bill that would make it easier for consumers to recycle leftover paint may fall victim to Gov. Pawlenty’s veto pen because the measure’s funding source could be portrayed as…
Today, citizens across the nation will pause in recognition of the five-year anniversary of President Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech and then slap their foreheads or simply try to think about…
The director of NASA’s Goddard Institute has asked Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to oppose the Big Stone II…
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