Pawlenty Responds To Criticism On 'Today Show'
A war of words between past and present governors is brewing.
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A war of words between past and present governors is brewing.
The Minnesota Senate has approved a two-year pay freeze for employees in Minnesota public and charter schools.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has swiftly vetoed a GOP-crafted budget bill cutting $900 million from the state's budget deficit.
Some of the nation's top conservatives are in Washington right now, and many of them are eying the White House in 2012.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says his proposal for higher income taxes might include a feature to have the increase blink off once budget conditions improve.
In late January, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts introduced bipartisan legislation that would help revitalize America's innovative edge and ability to compete in the global economy.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty answered his successor's sharp criticism over the state's fiscal shape during an appearance on national television Thursday.
A $900 million package of budget cuts that passed the House is expected to get a vote in the Senate on Thursday.
The Minnesota House has approved a $900 million package of spending reductions, sending the bill to the Senate.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton pushed state lawmakers Wednesday for a firm commitment that they won't let a budget fight reach the point of a government shutdown, saying compromise must rise above partisan posturing.
Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann spent the past decade mostly staying out of each other's way, two Minnesotans taking very different paths on the rise to national Republican Party prominence from a state better known for its Democratic icons.
Top Republican lawmakers are reacting tepidly to Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton's first State of the State speech.
With only hours until Gov. Mark Dayton's State of the State address, former Minnesota Gov.Arne Carlson sheds light on several issues he would approach in the address, starting with the budget.
A new bill just introduced in the Minnesota House will once again attempt to regulate Minnesota puppy mills, after several failed efforts in past years.
The state Senate's Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct will review a complaint by several Democratic senators over a Republican colleague's e-mail saying he wouldn't meet with his election rival's supporters.
