Last-minute tax and shift bill is a harbinger of political fights to come (access required)

by Steve Perry
Published: May 19,2009
Time posted: 1:00 am
Tags: Cost shifts, Minnesota 2010-11 budget, Minnesota budget deficit, Taxes

Two weeks ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find anyone at the Capitol who really thought the 2009 business of the Minnesota Legislature would conclude without a special session. Thanks to an unprecedented assertion of executive powers by Gov. Tim Pawlenty (pictured), it did--but the terms on which Pawlenty summarily ended it are bound ...


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