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Little State Funding for Education Leads to Budget Cuts, Operating Levies.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
MinnPost recently reported that state funding for K-12 education in Minnesota has dropped an inflation-adjusted 13 percent since 2003. The effects of the lack of funding for education in Minnesota …
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Brief State Supreme Court Update.
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Today oral arguments were finally heard in the State Supreme Court, moving us one step closer to having two full, real-life, United States Senators! For those of you who weren’t …
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TOMORROW: Seat Our Senator Campaign to Deliver Basket of Iowa Corn and Message to Governor Pawlenty: “Caucuses Can Wait, Minnesota Needs You Now”.
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Tomorrow at 2 p.m, the Seat Our Senator campaign will hold a brief press conference at the Minnesota State Capitol, before delivering a basket of Iowa corn ot Governor …
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Former GOP Legislator: Pawlenty’s Unallotments Could Bankrupt Small Cities.
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Former Minnesota State Representative Dan Dorman (R-Albert Lea) has been a vocal critic of Governor Pawlenty’s plans to slash aid to local and county governments, saying it would affect communities’ …
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Question of the Day: Who Gets Seated First: Sotomayor Or Franken?
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
President Barack Obama’s nomination of Second District Appeals Court Judge, Sonia Sotomayor, has some wondering, as a question of legal process, who wil be successfully seated first: Supreme Court Justice …
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VIDEO: How the Obama Administration Is Using New Media to Make Government More Transparent.
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Since taking office on January 20th, President Barack Obama has been making good on his pledge to open up government in new ways and new places. In the video below, …
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A Fair Tax System Doesn’t Mean Class Warfare.
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Making Minnesota’s tax system more fair is something we’ve talked a lot about on this blog. The fact that Minnesota’s tax system is unfair was confirmed by the 2009 Minnesota …
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“King Tim” Polka Song Attacks Pawlenty for Putting National Ambitions Before Minnesota’s Working Families.
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Minnesotans are finding new and creative ways to respond to Governor Tim Pawlenty’s decision to ignore the will of the elected legislature and unilaterally decide how the state’s budget process …