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Cities Launch Campaign to Save Police, Fire, & Libraries.

Today, Minnesota’s firefighters, police officers, librarians, mayors, prosecutors, and families announced a statewide campaign to show the effects of Governor Pawlenty’s proposed cuts to Local Government Aid (LGA). Local Government …
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Now Serving: Economic Hot Dish.

Yesterday, Alliance for a Better Minnesota joined other progressive organizations to launched a counter framework to Governor Pawlenty’s budget plan.  In a truly Minnesotan fashion, the announcement was made amid …
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Recovery in Action: Minnesota.

From the White House blog: The first dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are going out in just two days — Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009 — in the …
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Forum Editorial Board Sees the Light.

Forum Communications over in Fargo has noticed a little something about our dear Governor Pawlenty that a certain publication had also caught… our Governor’s national ambitions are showing. Now this …
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$356 Million in Medicaid Assistance Available on Wednesday.

 At a meeting of the Nation’s Governors, President Obama announced over $356 million dollars in Federal Medicaid Assistance funding for Minnesota: To show you we’re serious about putting this recovery …
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Pawlenty 2012? He Refuses to Rule It Out.

As California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was suggesting that his party is "out of touch" with average Americans on health care and the economy, Minnesota’s own Governor Tim Pawlenty was on …
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Remember to Sign Up for Town Halls, ABM in the news.

The Associated Press story on the upcoming budget town halls mentions ABM’s call to action, sent out Tuesday to our members. Which reminds me….you should sign up to attend. We …
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Olbermann takes on Bachmann.

MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann takes on Michele Bachmann’s most recent comments on the Economic Recovery package. As Ollie Ox points out, Bachmann’s district will benefit the most from the stimulus bill. …