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A penny for your thoughts

Posted at 6:01 PM on November 23, 2009 by Tom Scheck
Filed under: Campaign 2008: MN Legislature, Campaign 2010, Campaign 2010: Minnesota Governor, Tim Pawlenty

MPR News has found that more than a third of the state's school districts have been forced to borrow nearly $300 million as a result of Governor Pawlenty's school payment shift. He used the shift in July as a budget balancing tool.

Interested in which districts were forced to borrow? Check the story with the nifty graphic.

(h/t Than Tibbetts for being a graphics guru)

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