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Governor's Spin Still Doesn't Change It: Unemployment = 8.1%

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Pawlenty's payment-in-lieu-of-taxes proposal would leave county $320,000 short

Proposed cuts to a state program that aids counties with large amounts of public lands may leave Beltrami County coffers $320,000 short.

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Pawlenty Balances the Budget on the Backs of Public Employees

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Hindsight - From Minnesota 2020 » Blog Archive » MN Taxes Even More Regressive

Every two years, the Minnesota Department of Revenue releases its biennial Tax Incidence Study; the 2009 study, which focuses on data for 2006, was released on Monday. While taxes as a percent of income fell, Minnesota’s tax system became increasingly regressive as more of the tax burden was shifted on to low and middle income households. This is the highest degree of regressivity ever seen in the 18 year history of the tax incidence study.

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MPR: Twin Cities mayors worry about their budgets

Federal stimulus money may help take the sting away from the loss of state money. The mayors of St. Paul and Minneapolis talk about balancing budgets and dealing with a flagging economy.

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MPR: Minnesota House Speaker discusses state budget deficit

Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, discusses the Minnesota budget deficit and her vision for Minnesota at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.

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Hundreds chant, 'No more cuts' at rally for state health programs

Several hundred people rallied on the steps of the State Capitol on Saturday to oppose Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed 15 percent cut in spending for health and human services.

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Governor's staff partly paid by state agencies - Star Tribune

osh Gackle could be the "Where's Waldo" of Minnesota state government.

Is he at the Agriculture Department? The Pollution Control Agency? How about over at the Department of Natural Resources? Gackle gets paid by all those departments and at least four other state agencies.

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MinnPost - Cities launch PR campaign to save LGA payments

Cities across Minnesota are taking their pleas for state aid to the people: they've launched a public relations campaign that says proposed budget cuts would cost police, fire and library jobs, says Don Davis of Forum Communications.

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Bluestem Prairie: news about Tim Walz (MN-1): Town hall meetings in Southern Minnesota: state budget

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