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Legislation is sought to save funds for disabled individuals
WILLMAR — Kandiyohi County is fighting for special legislation to restore funding for individuals with disabilities that was eliminated through Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s unallotment process.By Carolyn Lange , March 19, 2010
Editorial: Pawlenty veto hurts, Gimse was of no help
Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s recent moves for political advantage — both statewide and for his presidential campaign — on the capital investment bonding bill hurt Willmar and Kandiyohi County.By West Central Tribune , March 18, 2010
Gov.’s veto cuts tough on college
WILLMAR — Ridgewater College officials expected to receive the final $14.5 million for their capital improvement project in the state bonding bill this spring.
March 18, 2010
Lawmakers stunned by $313M cut from bill by Pawlenty
ST. PAUL — Fifty-two public works projects across Minnesota such as college building renovations and state trails fell victim to Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto pen Monday, and legislative leaders say there is little chance lawmakers will send any more projects to him before he leaves office early next year.March 16, 2010
Ridgewater falls victim to governor’s veto pen
WILLMAR — Three weeks ago, Sen. Joe Gimse sent a letter to Gov. Tim Pawlenty and met personally with his staff to make a plea for keeping a $14.3 million construction project at Ridgewater College in the bonding bill. It didn’t work.
March 16, 2010
State Supreme Court hears arguments in Pawlenty unallotment case
ST. PAUL - Whether Gov. Tim Pawlenty acted legally when he cut $2.7 million from the state budget last summer may rest on whether Minnesota Supreme Court justices think the Legislature has given the governor a right to trim budgets.March 15, 2010
Local projects are vetoed by Pawlenty
ST. PAUL – Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a $14 million construction project at Ridgewater College and $2 million for a local recreation trail from the bonding bill.March 15, 2010
Pawlenty cuts bonding bill by $320 million
ST. PAUL - Gov. Tim Pawlenty this morning trimmed a nearly $1 billion public works funding bill down to $680 million, saying the one passed by legislators was too big.March 15, 2010
GOP governor candidates hold their own
Political NotebookBy Don Davis , March 15, 2010
Bonding bill passes despite gripes 
ST. PAUL — Republicans blasted a public works funding bill as being too expensive, but as the Minnesota House and Senate passed a revised measure Thursday, a Democrat delivered the most stinging speech against the plan written by his own party members.
March 12, 2010
N.D.'s AG wants change in Minn. carbon regulations
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty supports changing a state law that makes it difficult for North Dakota to sell electricity from new, coal-fueled power plants to Minnesota, a Pawlenty spokesman said Wednesday.
March 11, 2010
Letter: Learning from Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty is an interesting fellow. We can learn a lot from him. He is quite intelligent. He shows considerable political skill in getting his way, despite the fact that the majority of those voting chose someone else in both of his gubernatorial elections. He now spends his time anywhere other than Minnesota with visions dancing in his head of life in a big white mansion in Washington, D.C., at the center of the very government that he says he hates.
By John Burns, Willmar , March 11, 2010
Bonding bill is workable, but gov. will use line-item veto power
ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Pawlenty is looking at ways to chop a public works funding bill down to size and how to expand a sex offender facility on the cheap.
March 11, 2010
Pawlenty: 'We can work with' bonding bill
Gov. Tim Pawlenty sounds like he will accept parts of the public works funding bill headed to his desk.
March 10, 2010
Gov. wants emergency declaration as flooding anticipated
ST. PAUL —Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants President Obama to declare an emergency in advance of flooding.
March 10, 2010
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OUR VOICES Budget bills no one likes
Minnesota lawmakers Monday will debate budget bills no one likes.
Not legislators. Not the governor. Not people who receive state money.
The bills cutting state spending are necessa
OUR VOICES Flood emergency OK'd
Pawlenty
A state board approved a 30-day emergency flood declaration this morning, a day before the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator begins several days looking into area f
OUR VOICES Does Legislature hold spending control?
Supreme court hears unallotment case
In the simplest terms, Minnesota's seven Supreme Court justices are deciding if the Legislature has full control of state spending, or if the governor has a role on
OUR VOICES Pawlenty cuts down bonding bill
Langseth, Hausman
Update:
Fifty-two public works projects across Minnesota such as college building renovations and state trails fell victim to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto pen Monday, and le
OUR VOICES Pawlenty ready for court ruling
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he is ready to deal with an adverse court decision about his power to unilaterally cut the budget. The state Supreme Court hears arguments Monday morning in a case challenging Pawlenty's summer decision to eliminate a meal program for the needy. While the case technically is
Posted by: Don Davis on Mar 14, 2010 at 12:37 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Farmers may receive federal aid
Farmers in 16 Minnesota counties will be eligible for emergency loans and other help after dealing with multiple weather problems. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday announced the farmers, mostly in northern Minnesota, are due federal aid because their farms have sustained excessive
Posted by: Don Davis on Mar 11, 2010 at 5:24 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Pawlenty plans for bonding bill
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is looking at ways to chop a public works funding bill down to size and how to expand a sex offender facility on the cheap. Pawlenty on Wednesday said he plans to sign a public works bill, which the House and Senate likely will pass today. However, he added, he will trim down the
Posted by: Don Davis on Mar 11, 2010 at 6:05 AM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Pawlenty 'can work with' bonding bill
Gov. Tim Pawlenty sounds like he will accept parts of the public works funding bill headed to his desk. "The bonding bill that is coming my way is a bill we can work with," Pawlenty told reporter Dave Olson of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead this morning after surveying Moorhead flood-prevent
Posted by: Don Davis on Mar 10, 2010 at 12:08 PM | Capitol Chatter
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