During Sunday afternoon’s House floor debate over whether to override Governor Tim Pawlenty‘s line item veto of the General Assistance Medical Program, Rep. Rod Hamilton ...
Read More »Session showdown marred by DFL missteps
There are still a few days left in what has been a painfully tumultuous 2009 legislative session. The end game has yet to be played ...
Read More »The House and the Senate passed the massive Health and Human Services omnibus bill on Monday, taking another step toward the end-of-session brinksmanship between legislators ...
Read More »The House and the Senate passed the massive Health and Human Services omnibus bill on Monday, taking another step toward the end-of-session brinksmanship between legislators ...
Read More »The Education Lobby: Hoping For Another Miracle (Part 2)
[The following was originally published in the February 13, 2009 issue of the PIM Weekly Report.] The Calm Before The Storm Six weeks into what ...
Read More »The education lobby: Hoping for another miracle (part 1)
[The following was originally published in the February 13, 2009 issue of the PIM Weekly Report.] Education lobbyists have mostly put aside their regional and ...
Read More »Q Comp: Pawlenty’s bouquet to teachers gets decidedly mixed reviews
These are strange days indeed at the Capitol. Last month, faced with the largest deficit in state history, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty not only proposed ...
Read More »Q Comp: Pawlenty’s bouquet to teachers gets decidedly mixed reviews
These are strange days indeed at the Capitol. Last month, faced with the largest deficit in state history, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty not only proposed ...
Read More »A dirty bill of health: Pawlenty’s health care cuts would soon cost more than they save
Viewed strictly through the prism of balancing Minnesota’s general fund portion of the state budget for the 2010-11 biennium, Gov. Tim Pawlenty‘s decision to propose ...
Read More »A dirty bill of health: Pawlenty’s health care cuts would soon cost more than they save
Viewed strictly through the prism of balancing Minnesota’s general fund portion of the state budget for the 2010-11 biennium, Gov. Tim Pawlenty‘s decision to propose ...
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