Pawlenty Says He Leaves Minn. With Balanced Budget
Departing Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he will leave Minnesota with a balanced budget, despite a projected $6.2 billion shortfall facing the state after his term ends.
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Departing Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he will leave Minnesota with a balanced budget, despite a projected $6.2 billion shortfall facing the state after his term ends.
Scanned images of challenged ballots from Minnesota's governor's race recount are now available online.
Money went out the door of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's political action committee faster than it came in during the final few weeks of the 2010 campaign.
A key state lawmaker is convinced the Vikings will leave Minnesota if there's no stadium deal in the upcoming legislative session.
Democrat Mark Dayton is calling in the heavy hitters to help him raise money for his expenses in the Minnesota governor's recount.
Minnesota had a pro wrestler as governor in Jesse Ventura. Now it has a governor with a literary connection to the wrestling world.
Five counties have work left in the Minnesota governor's race recount.
We've been hearing about it for a couple of years now, especially on the campaign trail this year -- the government bailout of Wall Street. How much did it really cost taxpayers?
A group of Concordia University students is going national by trying to expand a Minnesota law requiring that schools make parents aware of any mistreatment.
There is bad news Wednesday for about 2 million Americans who are getting extended unemployment checks. Their emergency benefits just got cut-off.
An American woman freed from an Iranian prison has released a song she hopes will build support for the release of her friends who remain jailed in that country.
Veteran Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar packed up his committee chairman-sized office on Capitol Hill this week and moved to the basement. Dozens of outgoing congressional members are making room for newly-elected representatives.
The Minnesota recount playing field is down to fewer than a dozen counties. Most of the state's 87 counties have wrapped up manual review of ballots cast in the race for governor.
Political analysts say a pardon Gov. Tim Pawlenty granted to a sex offender could haunt him on the presidential campaign trail -- but only if the Minnesota Republican emerges as a serious contender.
Ballots in more than 83 percent of Minnesota precincts have gotten another look in the governor's race recount over the last two days.
