Gov. Pawlenty's MN budget cuts -- the detail

Posted at 12:29 AM on June 16, 2009 by Paul Tosto
Filed under: Saving & spending

Here's the short version of Gov. Pawlenty's plan to close a $2.7 billion budget gap over the next two years. Here's the longer version.

MPR's done a ton of stuff already this afternoon. Here are some highlights:

MPR's Bob Collins blogs on the kinds of jobs and people who might be most affected by the cuts.

Polinaut, MPR's terrific political blog, has lots of good stuff and reaction, including live blogging during Pawlenty's press conferenc

MPR's news story with a quick look at the numbers

Twitter has lots of traffic from news and commentary sites on the Pawlenty cuts and their potential effects. If you're searching, use #mncuts.

I've already received some really good responses from our Public Insight Network on the cuts and their potential. I'll post on them tonight and/or Wednesday morning.

You can really help us report in depth by looking through the big list and letting us know if you see anything that will affect you directly.

If you some insight on the cuts, click here and tell us. Or post something below.

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