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Does Pawlenty Like the Stimulus Now?

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 …
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What Gov. Pawlenty Can Learn from President Obama’s Budget.

While Minnesota’s cities struggle to avoid raising property taxes to provide services under Governor Pawlenty’s proposed budget, Minnesota families can look forward to some relief under President Obama’s proposed budget. From the …
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Pawlenty Tries to Out Conservative Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.

Tomorrow, Governor Pawlenty will speak at the Conservative Poltical Action Commitee Conference, the first cattle call of the GOP’s Presidential Primary. Actually let me be more specific about this event …
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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 …