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Minnesota Public Radio coverage of the Minnesota budget negotiations.
  • U of M budget: Tuition stable, staff layoffs looming
    There is good news and bad news in the proposed budget for the University of Minnesota: Good news for students who will see minimal tuition increases. Bad news for staff, who are facing job cuts.June 12, 2009
  • Minnesota House Speaker on key issues
    Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher joins Midday to talk about the state's budget deficit, the unallotment process, her leadership of the just concluded 2009 legislative session, and a possible run for governor.Midday, June 4, 2009
  • Stage set for Pawlenty's solo budget cutting
    The state's top finance official started the unallotment process today by notifying Gov. Pawlenty that conditions exist for the governor to balance the budget on his own.June 4, 2009
  • Minn. public takes crack at fixing deficit
    Minnesotans are looking everywhere from liquor sales on Sunday to racetrack gambling to bring more money into the state budget. Others want to save on items as big as entire government programs and as small as printing fewer legislative directories.May 28, 2009
  • DFLers say Pawlenty's call for budget ideas too late
    Gov. Tim Pawlenty has told legislators he wants to hear their latest budget-cutting suggestions by Friday. But some DFL lawmakers aren't taking him up on the offer.May 28, 2009
  • Historical Society revises budget cuts
    The Minnesota Historical Society says it's planning for an 8.6 percent cut in its budget, even though it will receive a $20 million boost from a new sales tax.May 25, 2009
  • Mayors urge Pawlenty to go easy on local aid cuts
    Mayors and other local government officials throughout Minnesota are calling on Gov. Tim Pawlenty to go easy on them when he uses his emergency budget-cutting authority.May 22, 2009
  • Pawlenty vetoes last-minute Minn. tax bill
    Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vetoed a tax bill approved by Minnesota Democrats in the final minutes of the legislative session.May 21, 2009
  • Pawlenty to discuss budget cuts with city mayors
    Mayors from around Minnesota are scheduled to hold a news conference in St. Paul tomorrow to call on the governor to spare them when it comes to budget cuts. They say cuts in state aid will mean higher property taxes and a reduction in core services.May 21, 2009
  • Pawlenty ready to go it alone on budget
    Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he'll move quickly to close a lingering $2.7 billion budget gap through a mix of spending cuts and delayed state payments.May 19, 2009
  • Pawlenty, legislative leaders look back at session
    DFL legislative leaders join Midday while travelling around the state to give their take on the session that ended at midnight. Then, Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks with reporters after meeting with his advisers to plan cuts he will enact to balance the budget on his own.Midday, May 19, 2009
  • K-12 funding stays flat, but schools are still cutting
    Schools in Minnesota will get the same amount of state money next year as they got this year -- that's what the governor signed into law over the weekend. But even with flat funding, districts statewide have already made cuts to their own budgets.May 19, 2009
  • Minnesota Legislature: No deal
    The Legislature adjourned shortly after midnight without reaching a budget deal with Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is expected to cut state spending using unprecedented measures.May 19, 2009
  • No deal on a state budget yet
    Gov. Tim Pawlenty and legislative leaders say they're still trying to find a compromise for erasing the state's $4.6 billion budget deficit, but the clock is quickly running out. A closed-door meeting today produced no breakthrough agreement.May 18, 2009
  • Safety net hospitals face tough choices
    Minnesota's safety net hospitals are sifting through their options after Gov. Pawlenty eliminated public insurance coverage for up to 35,000 of the state's poorest adults in order to balance the budget.May 18, 2009
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