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Governor Pawlenty to announce spending cuts on Tuesday

Posted at 4:00 PM on June 15, 2009 by Tom Scheck

Governor Pawlenty's public events schedule says he'll announce which programs he intends to cut to balance the state's budget. The announcement will be at 2 pm Tuesday in the governor's reception room. Pawlenty has pledged to erase a $2.7 billion budget deficit on his own after he failed to reach a budget deal with Democrats in control of the Legislature.

Update: Tune into live coverage of Pawlenty's newser on MPR News at 2pm tomorrow.

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