Facing budget shortfall, Pawlenty targets cities, counties and human services
Minnesota Independent Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced his budget cuts today to address a $426-million deficit for 2008. When facing budget shortfalls, state law allows for unallotment, a process through...
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Local government, aid to the poor hit hard by unallotments
James Sanna TC Daily Planet Governor Tim Pawlenty on Friday announced cuts – known as unallotments – to the state budget in order to close the yawning $428 million deficit this fiscal year. The move...
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Pawlenty plays budget hardball in Minnesota
Minnesota Independent he sky is not falling. That was the mantra from Gov. Tim Pawlenty one day after the legislative session ended with no resolution to a nearly $3 billion budget deficit. “The...
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Have you been unallotted yet?
Scott Russell TC Daily Planet Tenant advocate Eric Hauge said Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s decision to cut $50.8 million in next year’s rent credit is the same as a tax increase.“That’s how a homeowner would...
View ArticleOPINION | MN Catholic bishops respond to governor's unallotment plans
Prior to the announcement of Governor Pawlenty's unallotment plan, the Minnesota Catholic bishops wrote a letter to the Governor urging him not to "impose even greater hardships on those among us who...
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Supremes loom large in Legislature's second half
Lawrence Schumacher TC Daily Planet If you watched the DFL-controlled Minnesota Legislature pass and Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty sign into law a mini-budget bill before taking a halftime break last...
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Unallotment ruling coverage
andydriscoll Truth to Tell on KFAI TTT MAY 5: UNALLOTMENT RULING COVERAGEOur scheduled topic was preempted this week as TruthToTell beat all other local media to the punch talking about the Minnesota...
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The session ends: Pawlenty wins again-or did he?
andydriscoll Truth to Tell on KFAI Governor Tim Pawlenty went before the microphones Monday morning after all-night negotiations with exhausted legislative leaders struggling to meet the required...
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