- 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 - Dayton: Minnesota must 'invest to progress'
Gov. Mark Dayton called for bipartisan cooperation Wednesday in his first State of the State message. But he stood by his plan to raise taxes to help erase the state's projected $6.2 billion budget deficit, and Republican lawmakers called that unacceptable.February 9, 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 - Dayton opposes GOP budget cuts, mum on veto
Gov. Mark Dayton told reporters Tuesday that he doesn't support the GOP efforts to take a piecemeal approach to erasing the state's $6.2 billion budget deficit.February 8, 2011 - Senate takes $930M whack at Minn. budget shortfall
Republicans in the Minnesota Senate passed a bill Thursday that would cut nearly $1 billion in state spending. Based on the debate, Democrats intend to force Republicans to account for every dollar they cut.February 3, 2011 - Dayton: Cuts will have 'devastating effects' on poorest Minnesotans
"I hate what I'm having to do," the governor said at a Minneapolis event Monday organized by the Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness.February 1, 2011 - Minn. House passes $1 billion state budget cut
The Minnesota House has approved $1 billion in state budget cuts that would reduce aid payments for local governments, colleges and community health programs.January 28, 2011 - Fix for Minn. budget woe? End sales tax exemptions
With Minnesota lawmakers staring at a $6.2 billion deficit this session, state Rep. Pat Garofalo knows as well as anyone that balancing the state budget is "going to be tough and it could be ugly."January 26, 2011 - GOP's deficit-reduction bill advances in Legislature
The Senate Finance Committee approved the plan which would reduce the state's projected $6.2 billion budget deficit by about $1 billion.January 26, 2011 - Bill to cut Minn. state payroll 15 pct moves ahead
Republicans took over the Minnesota Legislature promising to create jobs. On Wednesday, they pushed forward a bill that would slim state government by cutting roughly 5,000 state employee positions.January 19, 2011 - Minn. GOP: Extension of budget cuts should be 'no surprise'
Republicans in the Minnesota House and Senate are proposing some early moves aimed at shrinking a projected $6.2 billion state budget deficit by about $1 billion, setting up a possible confrontation with Gov. Mark Dayton.January 18, 2011 - House Republicans eye state workforce for budget savings
Republicans in the Minnesota House are proposing legislation that would cut the number of state employees by 15 percent and freeze their salaries.January 13, 2011 - Deficit will test new leaders' post-partisan promises
Republicans will control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1972, and it will be the first time in decades that every member in a position of authority will be new to the job.January 4, 2011 - Minn. to save $46M in interest on bonds
Minnesota is refinancing some of its debt for $46 million in interest savings.September 27, 2010
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