In an effort to close the state's budget gap, Gov. Pawlenty has announced his intentions to cut $300 million in local government aid and $236 in health and human services spending, as part of a total of $2.7 billion in cuts.
(Midmorning, 06/16/2009)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has released his plan to erase a $2.7 billion budget deficit, with local governments and state subsidized health care programs taking significant hits.
(06/16/2009)
Gov. Pawlenty will announce Tuesday afternoon exactly where he intends to cut spending to balance the state's budget.
(06/15/2009)
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.
(06/12/2009)
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, 06/04/2009)
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.
(06/04/2009)
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.
(05/28/2009)
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.
(05/28/2009)
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.
(05/25/2009)
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.
(05/22/2009)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vetoed a tax bill
approved by Minnesota Democrats in the final minutes of the
legislative session.
(05/21/2009)
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.
(05/21/2009)
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.
(05/19/2009)
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, 05/19/2009)
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.
(05/19/2009)
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