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• Bemidji State's overhaul means expanding some programs, cutting others
  The theater department at Bemidji State University is one of the casualties of an effort by Minnesota state colleges and universities to tighten their belts. Anticipating funding cuts as lawmakers deal with a $6.2 billion dollar state budget shortfall, many campuses have already chopped programs and positions.February 14, 2011
• Budget solutions unlikely to increase employment
  Given the size of the budget shortfall, however, any solution to the deficit is likely to painful. And economists say the available options --cutting spending or raising taxes - likely will cost jobs, not create them.February 14, 2011
• The basics of local government aid in Minnesota
  City councils and mayors and staffs are watching closely as state policy makers determine whether to continuing easing state budget pressures by reducing the aid the state provides local governments. Many have taken steps to cut costs and find new ways to deliver services.February 14, 2011
• Dayton vetoes $900M in cuts from GOP Legislature
  Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has swiftly vetoed a GOP-crafted budget bill cutting $900 million from the state's budget deficit.February 10, 2011
• Dayton, GOP on collision course for budget balancing
  Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican leaders have been pledging to work together on the state's projected $6.2 billion budget deficit. But Dayton wants to raise income taxes on the state's top earners, and the Republicans don't.February 10, 2011
• Minn. colleges unlikely to use reserve funds to cover cuts
  Saving up for that metaphorical "rainy day" is part of many a sound budget strategy - and it's one that state colleges and universities have been following for years. Between them, the University of Minnesota and the MnSCU system have about $180 million in reserves.February 10, 2011
• Gov. Dayton explains his five-point plan
  In his first State of the State address, Gov. Mark Dayton lamented the state's fiscal condition but said he envisions a brighter future. He joins Midmorning to talk about how he plans to achieve that future, and what Minnesotans can expect from his forthcoming budget.Midmorning, February 10, 2011
• Child protection among losers in first round of budget cuts
  Republicans have said cuts to state spending would not impact the state's most vulnerable residents, but their first budget bill may break that promise.February 9, 2011
• Pawlenty touts success, but health care savings are slim
  While it's true that Minnesota has been experimenting with new ways of paying for care, some health care observers believe it's a stretch for former Gov. Tim Pawlenty to say that Minnesota's experiments have yet had much of an effect on costs.February 8, 2011
• Bill would open medical records people dead for 50 years
  A bill introduced today at the state legislature would lift the secrecy of medical records in Minnesota for people who have been dead for 50 years or more.February 7, 2011
• By 1 measure, federal taxes lowest since 1950
  As a share of the nation's economy, Uncle Sam's take in taxes this year will be the lowest since 1950, when the Korean War was just getting under way.February 7, 2011
• Experts offering alternatives to health care mandate
  Health care policy experts are kicking around ideas to replace a controversial but critical piece of the health care law -- the individual mandate that all Americans buy insurance.February 7, 2011
• Dayton: Budget proposal to increase school funding
  But the governor would not reveal just how much that increase will be, or whether it will go beyond paying back loans the state borrowed from schools last year to balance the state's budget.February 4, 2011
• Minn. Lawmakers aim to repeal changes to Green Acres
  Some legislators say it's time to start over in reforming a program that holds down property taxes in rural Minnesota.February 2, 2011
• How will the Supreme Court rule on health care law?
  This week, for the second time, a federal judge has struck down part or all of the health care law enacted by Congress last year. But legal experts caution against drawing any conclusions from these decisions.February 2, 2011

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