Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s announced plans to axe state refunds for political contributions of $50 or less has set off an email stampede as candidates urge donors to give before the program dies July 1.
Minnesota’s new Police Officer of the Year, Chad Peterson, is deputy sheriff on a force of 13 in a county that — at least until a Tuesday reprieve — was fearful of having to cut its…
Last used as a metaphor for Norm Coleman’s dwindling odds at winning back his old U.S. Senate seat, Monty Python’s Black Knight is again being conjured as a political metaphor — this time by the Independence…
The mayor of the biggest city spared in Gov. Pawlenty’s local-aid cuts calls it “a pardon.” St. Charles, a town of 3,600 where a food-processing plant employing 250 people burned to the ground in April, counts on…
Tim Pawlenty stood in the gilded Governor’s Reception Hall before legions of media Tuesday afternoon to announce unallotment cuts to the state budget that hit local governments, health care and higher education the hardest.
Reaction to Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Tuesday press conference announcing his unallotment of nearly $2.7 billion from the state budget has been swift and, at times, scathing.
Minneapolis and St. Paul tear down vacant houses by the hundreds while suburbs and outlying towns face waves of foreclosures that leave homes empty. Meanwhile in rural Minnesota, a persistent meth craze continues to ravage not only people…
The DFL is pushing a line regarding Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s promise to cut state spending via unallotment that gripes about Pawlenty’s process more than it highlights possible negative outcomes for citizens. A leaked talking-points memo (pdf) goes light…
Faced with a mind-boggling $5 billion budget shortfall, and fears of future cuts mingled with memories of last month’s “unallotment” of funds by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, many Minnesotans are pondering the state’s finances. To help, we offer a rundown…
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