Minnesota's Presidential Hopefuls: Tim Pawlenty Michele Bachmann

Tim Pawlenty

  • Pawlenty, lawmakers meeting again on budget
    DFL and Republican legislative leaders were meeting with Gov. Tim Pawlenty for a second time Tuesday to discuss possible solutions to the state's nearly $3 billion budget deficit.May 11, 2010
  • Pawlenty vetoes teacher insurance bill
    Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vetoed a bill that would have created a statewide health insurance pool for school employees and teachers.May 10, 2010
  • Pawlenty orders planning for Minn. cash crunch
    Gov. Tim Pawlenty ordered state agencies on Friday to take an inventory of their programs and identify discretionary payments that can be put off in case of a cash crunch after a court ruling threw budget negotiations into turmoil.May 7, 2010
  • Could a budget crisis force compromise at the Capitol?
    Officials in both the governor's office and in the Legislature say a court ruling takes Gov. Pawlenty's unilateral power to cut spending off of the table until the governor reaches a deal with the Legislature to balance the budget.May 7, 2010
  • Minn. budget talks set after Pawlenty loses appeal
    Gov. Tim Pawlenty is sitting down with top lawmakers a day after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled against him in a case over budget cuts.May 6, 2010
  • Ruling is blow to Pawlenty's political ambitions
    The Minnesota Supreme Court's decision to reverse some of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget cuts is a serious blow to his efforts to fix the state's sagging finances. The ruling may also have crimped his wider political ambitions.May 6, 2010
  • Unallotment ruling complicates state budget
    Minnesota legislators now have to deal with a budget deficit that may soar past $3 billion after recent Minnesota Supreme Court decision. That decision essentially voided a cut of $5.3 million cut made by Governor Tim Pawlenty without the approval of the Legislature. Legislators may have more power in negotiations with the governor, but they also are running out of time to balance a budget before the end of the session.Midmorning, May 6, 2010
  • Divided court cites timing in unallotment decision
    Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Eric Magnuson called Pawlenty's action "unlawful and void." That was the decision's bottom line, but it was far from a clean, unanimous one.May 5, 2010
  • MnSCU, U of M don't expect cuts to be restored
    Minnesota's two public higher education systems don't believe the state Supreme Court's ruling against Gov. Pawlenty's unallotment will change their budgets.May 5, 2010
  • Court's ruling makes state budget picture more complicated
    A Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that struck down a unilateral cut Gov. Tim Pawlenty made last year could make the Legislature's task of balancing the budget more complicated.May 5, 2010
  • Pawlenty says MnSCU credit transfer bill not necessary
    A bill in the Legislature gave the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system five years to better align similar programs at colleges so credits could seamlessly transfer. On Friday, Pawlenty vetoed the bill.May 5, 2010
  • Pawlenty: Give states flexibility on education
    Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Monday cautioned business executives that the United States cannot succeed if its education policy leaves children unprepared for the work force and urged Washington to give states more flexibility.May 3, 2010
  • Gov. Pawlenty to publish memoir
    Gov. Tim Pawlenty has signed a deal to publish a memoir in 2011.April 30, 2010
  • Gov. Pawlenty has another busy travel week
    The governor is in New York City Monday for what his political spokesman calls meetings for his federal political action committee. He didn't offer any other details except to say Pawlenty is returning early Tuesday.April 12, 2010
  • Pawlenty, Romney share stage in Bloomington
    The two Republicans, who could be on a collision course for their party's nomination for president in 2012, stood on the same stage in Bloomington on Friday night.April 10, 2010

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