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Another Day, Another Budget Gimmick.

Monday, March 9th, 2009

While Governor Pawlenty criss-crosses the state calling for a state hiring freeze and proposing a budget which includes cuts to state agencies services, he’s using budget gimmicks to make his …

Science is back! (Updated).

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Later today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order that will undo restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research placed by the Bush administration. Arthur Caplan, the director …

Updated: Bill O’Reilly Attacks Working Folks, Working Folks Respond.

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Update: SEIU has a petition that you can sign complete with your own personal message to Bill O’Reilly on this issue. Check it out here. Via Think Progress we …

T-Paw on the Rachel Maddow Show Again.

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Governor Pawlenty took a break from being a radio host to go be on another national television show last evening (isn’t there a budget crisis he should be working on?). …

Poll: Voters think Franken won.

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

A Rasmussen Reports poll of Minnesota voters finds that 47% believe that Al Franken will be the next senator from Minnesota. The Minnesota Indepndent points out that there is a dramatic …

Less Baloney, More Big Picture.

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Yesterday, our state leaders announced the state’s projected budget deficit for the 2010-2011 fiscal year–4.57 billion dollars. The deficit would have been even larger, were it not for the federal …

Tim Pawlenty: “So Not Ready for Prime Time”.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Governor Pawlenty was in full 2012 campaign mode this morning when he told MinnPost’s Doug Grow that government-issued Treasury bonds would, in his assessment, soon be as worthless as the …

Does Pawlenty Like the Stimulus Now?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

After all of Governor Pawlenty’s huffing and puffing, some of the major benefits from the Recovery and Reinvestment Act are coming in to full view for Minnesotans. The new budget …