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Pawlenty vetoes four more bills
Governor Pawlenty has added to his growing veto tally with four more strikes.May 16, 2008
Pawlenty follows through on threat to veto minimum wage bill
Sponsors of a plan to raise Minnesota's minimum wage for the first time since 2005 said they've been notified their bill has been vetoed.May 15, 2008
Pawlenty vetoes health care bill
Gov. Pawlenty opposes expansion of coverage to 44,000 low income Minnesotans.May 13, 2008
Pawlenty signs bill to pay bridge collapse victims
Pawlenty signed the bill in his office with dozens of victims on hand, some of them with tears in their eyes.May 8, 2008
Pawlenty says sex ed proposal is unacceptable
A new mandate for sex ed in Minnesota schools could threaten a major education bill working its way through the Capitol.May 1, 2008
Pawlenty vetoes transportation bill over Real ID provision
Gov. Pawlenty has vetoed a transportation policy bill that included a provision to opt out of a new federal driver's license system.April 25, 2008
House Majority Leader alleges Pawlenty payback
The DFL Majority Leader in the Minnesota House is accusing Gov. Tim Pawlenty of using his veto pen to take revenge against him and other partisan critics.April 11, 2008
Pawlenty delivers a setback to the Central Corridor project
The biggest-ticket item that Gov. Tim Pawlenty struck from a bonding bill was $70 million for a light rail train line between St. Paul and Minneapolis.April 8, 2008
DFLers criticize Pawlenty's travel; Pawlenty criticizes the story
DFL legislative leaders say they're troubled that Gov. Pawlenty hasn't been meeting with lawmakers to discuss legislative issues. Their remarks follow an MPR News report saying the governor has been out of Minnesota an average of one out of three days since Jan. 1, 2008.March 14, 2008
Pawlenty on the road often in 2008
Gov. Pawlenty has been out of the state an average of at least one out of every three days since Jan. 1, 2008.March 14, 2008
Senate dismisses transportation chief Molnau
The Minnesota Senate has voted to dismiss state transportation chief Carol Molnau.February 28, 2008
Pawlenty, Republican leaders circle the wagons after gas tax defeat
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is talking tough one day after the Legislature voted to override his veto of a $6.6 billion transportation bill. Pawlenty says the override vote has started a taxpayer revolt that will end on Election Day.February 26, 2008
House and Senate override governor's veto
A $6.6 billion transportation bill is now law after both the Minnesota House and Senate voted for the first time to override a veto from Gov. Tim Pawlenty.February 25, 2008
Pawlenty vetos transportation bill
Gov. Pawlenty has vetoed a bill that would spend $6.6 billion over the next 10 years on transportation, setting up an override showdown in the the House and Senate.February 22, 2008
Report: JOBZ subsidy program unfocused and lacking oversight
A new report highlights flaws in Gov. Tim Pawlenty's flagship economic development initiative.February 8, 2008

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