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• Growing number of cities seeking local sales tax option
  Minnesota's budget problems have created big challenges for communities. Many cities have cut services or raised local property taxes to make up the difference, but this year, a record number of cities are looking at the possibility of local sales taxes.February 17, 2005
• Measuring the success of Canadian drug imports
  Gov. Pawlenty Wednesday encouraged Congress to permit expansion of a state program that allows Minnesota citizens and state employees to import drugs from Canadian mail order pharmacies at a discount. Testifying before a Senate subcommittee in Washington, Pawlenty said Minnesota's program has been safe and successful.February 16, 2005
• State owes clinics millions of dollars
  Officials representing 16 low income health clinics say the state of Minnesota owes them about $4 million for health care services they provided to Medicaid patients.February 7, 2005
• What do college kids know about fighting terrorism?
  Minnesota native Michael Hurley, senior director of policy at the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, says that young people need to focus their energy and talents on preventing future terrorist attacks. Hurley, who served as senior counsel and counter-terrorism policy team leader with the 9/11 Commission and has worked with American operations in Bosnia and Afghanistan, spoke Tuesday at the University Center Rochester.February 7, 2005
• Audit: Fairview generous to execs, but aggressive in collecting payments
  Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch says executives at Fairview Health Services received large salaries, while using heavy-handed collection practices against patients who couldn't afford to, or wouldn't, pay their bills.January 31, 2005
• Fine print reveals broad reach of budget
  Need a driver's license? Ski on state-maintained, cross-country trails? Get massages? Drink water? If so, Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed budget hits home. The budget includes changes here and there that connect the budget with virtually every Minnesotan.January 27, 2005
• Rolling the dice on gambling revenue
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty is banking on some sort of casino revenue to help balance the state's budget over the next two years. But the gambling debate straddles many political fault lines and cuts across party loyalties, making it a tricky issue to negotiate.January 26, 2005
• The politics behind "welfare health care"
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been using the term "welfare health care" to refer to state-subsidized health insurance programs. Some advocates for the poor say his choice of words is an attempt to turn public opinion away from recipients.January 26, 2005
• Former finance officials blast Pawlenty's budget
  Two former state finance commissioners blasted Gov. Pawlenty's proposed budget Wednesday. They say Pawlenty's budget relies on gimmicks, gambling money and property tax increases to cover a $700 million deficit.January 26, 2005
• Deconstructing Pawlenty's budget plan
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty's $30 billion budget proposal promises to wipe out an expected $700 million deficit without raising state taxes. But critics say the governor is merely pushing costs down to cities, counties and school boards.January 25, 2005
• Tribes split over Pawlenty's casino plan
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty is banking on casino money as a way to balance the state's finances. His budget plan, introduced Tuesday, includes a proposed Twin Cities casino that would be run jointly by the state and interested northern Indian tribes.January 25, 2005
• Pawlenty's budget hits health care
  Gov. Pawlenty's $29.6 billion budget follows through on his pledge to "rein in" the costs of health care. He proposes reducing eligibility for people on state health care programs, and cutting payments to hospitals. Critics say Pawlenty's proposal will shift costs to other health care areas.January 25, 2005
• Pawlenty's budget plan relies on $200 million from new casino
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty released a proposed two-year budget Tuesday that depends on money from a new casino to help erase a projected $700 million deficit. Pawlenty's budget wouldn't raise state taxes, but relies on a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases to balance the budget.January 25, 2005
• Health care program may be a target in Pawlenty's budget
  When Gov. Tim Pawlenty releases his budget for the next two years, his goal is to erase the state's projected $700 million deficit. A likely target is subsidized health care, which Pawlenty says is growing too fast.January 24, 2005
• St. Joseph has another young mayor
  Richard Carlbom is settling into his new position as mayor of the small central Minnesota town of St. Joseph. He says St. Joseph can count on him to be a dedicated and energetic leader, something he credits to his age, he's 23.January 23, 2005

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