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“No New Taxes” Part II?: Pawlenty’s Budget “Compromise”.
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Minnesota Campaign Report ran a brief, but compelling analysis of the Governor’s budget "compromise" based on information from the State Auditor. A few things to consider about Governor Pawlenty and …
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McCain’s Myanmar Mess.
Monday, May 12th, 2008
The head of the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul resigned over the weekend after a report exposed his past lobbying connections to the military junta in Myanmar. Click …
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Budget Battle Heats Up, Pawlenty Goes Fishing.
Friday, May 9th, 2008
What do you do when budget negotiations heat up? Go fishing of course!From the Grand Forks Herald: "As conflicts between Pawlenty and legislative leaders escalated, he left for fishing opener …
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There’s No Place Like St. Paul….
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Rep. Betty McCollum has some news for members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: St. Paul is, in fact, not located in Minneapolis. A report detailing hospital readiness …
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Housing Bill Gets a Vote Today.
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The House is expected to vote today on a relief package for homeowners facing foreclosures. Details of the policy can be found here. President Bush has promised a veto if …
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450 Minnesotans a Day Have Their Elecritcity Shut Off…and Pawlenty is Going to Veto the Minimum Wage Increase?
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Cost of groceries? Going up.Cost of gas? Going up.Cost of Xcel bill? Going up.Minimum wage? Maybe. Pawlenty is threatening to veto help for the state’s lowest wage workers…while at the …
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Permit process updates for MSP and Bloomington.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
The Star Tribune has an update on groups seeking clear permits for protest march routes during the Republican National Convention. However, permit troubles are not limited to Minneapolis and St. …
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Good Question…What Does Norm Coleman Stand for?
Monday, May 5th, 2008
The following op-ed appeared in this weekend’s Star Tribune. O’Brien makes some spot-on observations about Norm – most notably being that Norm is really good at flying himself through the …