More about unallotment: What Pawlenty can and can’t cut from spending on...
Why are staffers in the judicial and legislative branches breathing a little easier than most government employees in the face of coming unallotments? Because Gov. Tim Pawlenty can’t do funding...
View ArticleMore about unallotment: What Pawlenty can and can’t cut from spending on...
Why are staffers in the judicial and legislative branches breathing a little easier than most government employees in the face of coming unallotments? Because Gov. Tim Pawlenty can’t do funding...
View ArticlePaper Trail: Dayton’s agency memo on state government cuts
GOP leaders in the state House and Senate relied heavily on cuts to state government when they released their budget targets late last week. Gov. Mark Dayton called the cuts "draconian," and asked each...
View ArticlePaper Trail: Fiscal note tussle continues with Zellers letter
House Speaker Kurt Zellers has sent a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton to reiterate the House's position in the continuing disagreement on the role of fiscal notes in the budget process.
View ArticleVeterans funding kerfuffle continues at the Capitol
The GOP State Government and Veterans Committee Chairs - Sen. Mike Parry and Rep. Morrie Lanning - had a closed-door meeting with Gov. Mark Dayton Monday afternoon after tensions escalated over the...
View ArticleSenate passes state government omnibus budget bill
After more than five hours of debate, the bill passed on 37-29 party line vote. The bill spends about $600 million on state government over the next two years, which amounts to a nearly 35 percent cut....
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