Thursday was supposed to be the beginning
of the end of Minnesota's legislative session. But legislative
leaders now expect to miss a self-imposed deadline.
(05/07/2009)
State lawmakers have less than two weeks left in the legislative session to wrap up a new two-year state budget. But there's little sign of progress lately.
(05/06/2009)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is threatening to veto an economic development bill that includes writing off $32 million in state loans for the Xcel Energy Center.
(05/06/2009)
A Minnesota House Committee today approved a bill that distributes tens of millions of dollars from a new dedicated sales tax for the outdoors and the arts.
(05/05/2009)
State lawmakers have passed an economic development budget bill that includes a contentious loan provision for St. Paul.
(05/05/2009)
A public employee union says Minnesota
leaders should more aggressively chase debts to the state, cut agency managers and limit the use of consultants to help address the state's budget shortfall.
(05/05/2009)
University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks joins Midday as Gov. Pawlenty and the Legislature discuss plans to cut higher education funding.
(Midday, 05/05/2009)
Officials representing the state's hospitals say they're so concerned about the level of cuts in Gov. Pawlenty's budget plan that they would support increasing a tax on health care providers to prevent the cuts.
(05/04/2009)
Small pieces of a massive Minnesota state
budget fell into place Monday at the outset of what promises to be
a busy week at the Capitol.
(05/04/2009)
Cities across Minnesota are hoping this is the year the Legislature clarifies whether they can issue fines for minor traffic stops.
(05/03/2009)
The Minnesota House and Senate have passed separate Health and Human Services finance bills that use federal economic stimulus money to maintain current eligibility for state-subsidized health benefits. Both versions reduce spending, but not by as much as Gov. Tim Pawlenty has called for.
(04/27/2009)
A bill that increases taxes $1.5 billion dollars over the next two years squeaked through the Minnesota House Saturday night.
(04/25/2009)
The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill that raises state income taxes by more than $2 billion.
(04/24/2009)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the four top legislative leaders of both parties answered questions about the $4.6 billion budget deficit at a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce event this morning.
(Midday, 04/24/2009)
The tough choices keep coming as
lawmakers put in long hours to piece together a spending plan that
aims to solve the state's worst budget crisis in years.
(04/23/2009)
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