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Tom Scheck

Tom Scheck

Reporter
Minnesota Public Radio
tscheck@mpr.org

Tom Scheck joined MPR in March 2000. He previously worked in Muncie, Indiana as a reporter for Indiana Public Radio from 1996 to 2000. Scheck graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism and English. He is an avid runner who has finished five marathons, including two finishes at the Boston Marathon. He loves journalism, baseball and the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Kelliher picks up third union endorsement

Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher has picked up her third union endorsement for her gubernatorial campaign. (11/20/2009)

Minnetonka physician announces run for Congress

Maureen Hackett, a physician from Minnetonka, says she's running for Congress in Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District. (11/17/2009)

Pawlenty's power to cut state budget lands in court

A Minnesota judge is weighing whether to temporarily reverse budget cuts made by Gov. Tim Pawlenty at the request of those who say he exceeded his authority. (11/16/2009)

Pawlenty has busy travel week

Gov. Pawlenty has a full travel schedule this week to several locations out of the state. (11/15/2009)

Minnesota House to consider joining unallotment lawsuit

A committee in the Minnesota House will meet on Monday to consider whether the House should join a lawsuit challenging Gov. Pawlenty's budget cuts. (11/13/2009)

State might have to borrow to pay bills next year

Minnesota's top finance official says the state may have to do some short-term borrowing to manage cash flow needs, something that hasn't happened since the early 1980s. (11/12/2009)

Gov. Pawlenty to visit New Hampshire

Gov. Tim Pawlenty has scheduled a December trip to New Hampshire to speak at a fundraiser for the Republican Senate Majority Committee PAC. (11/11/2009)

Pawlenty tests presidential waters in Iowa

Gov. Tim Pawlenty dipped his toes into the presidential waters on Saturday night, speaking to a group of Republican activists in Des Moines, Iowa. (11/07/2009)

Rep. Collin Peterson says he will vote 'no' on health care bill

DFL 7th District Congressman Collin Peterson says he will vote no on the health care bill that is scheduled for a weekend vote in the U.S. House. (11/06/2009)

Minn. to cover patients after health program ends

The Minnesota Department of Human Services said today that low-income Minnesotans who are scheduled to lose taxpayer funded health insurance in March will be rolled into a different state program. (11/06/2009)

R.T. Rybak files paperwork for gubernatorial run

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has filed paperwork with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board notifying them of his intent to run for governor. (11/05/2009)

Pawlenty wants constitutional amendment to limit spending

Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday called for an amendment to the state Constitution that would cap state spending at an amount equal to what is raised by revenue. (11/05/2009)

Pawlenty seeks big bucks for new campaign fund

The bank account for Gov. Tim Pawlenty's new national political action committee is a little bit bigger after roughly 300 people attended a fundraiser for Pawlenty's Freedom First PAC in Minneapolis Wednesday night. (11/04/2009)

Rybak re-elected, mum on governor's race

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was elected to a third term Tuesday night, winning 74 percent of the vote in an 11-candidate field. (11/03/2009)

Anderson would trade cuts in income, corporate taxes for tax on clothing sales

Former State Auditor Pat Anderson said she would favor expanding the sales tax to clothing and some services in exchange for cuts in corporate and personal income taxes. (11/02/2009)