And the ax falls: Pawlenty issues unallotments

by Staff
Published: June 16, 2009
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The day of unallotment has arrived. Below the fold, GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s press release, and the PDF with all the details. MMB Commissioner Tom Hanson has just taken the stage at the press conference. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: [...]

Download it now: The official 2010-2011 Governor’s budget proposal CD!

It was a grim scene at the Department of Revenue’s headquarters, the Stassen building, as GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s budget got released. Folks on hand that were lucky enough to get folders of the documents also received a nice little CD with what was deemed the entirety of the budget proposal, currently also available online [...]

Download it now: The official 2010-2011 Governor’s budget proposal CD!

It was a grim scene at the Department of Revenue’s headquarters, the Stassen building, as GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s budget got released. Folks on hand that were lucky enough to get folders of the documents also received a nice little CD with what was deemed the entirety of the budget proposal, currently also available online [...]

Leaked RNC security doc reveals outsized military role; City review expected Wednesday as cases get underway

by Staff
Published: January 13, 2009
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[This story was first posted in the Dec. 12, 2008 issue of the PIM Weekly Report; With the report spearheaded by former U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy Luger due at tomorrow's St. Paul City Council meeting, our readers might be interested in this unusual side of the larger RNC story; [...]

Now Searchable: The MnDOT NASCO NAFTA Superhighway Document Stash

by Staff
Published: August 19, 2008
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Improving the presentation of one of the strangest Minnesota state government document batches we’ve ever run across, PIM staff has released a more complete version of the massive MnDOT doc dump about the rather mysterious plan hatched by the North American Super Corridor Coalition (NASCO) to implement a military-style RFID-powered shipping container tracking system on [...]

Summary of Released MnDOT I-35W Bridge Documents: An Ugly Read

MnDOT has released five documents on its website relating specifically to the I-35W bridge (bridge number 9340) which we have packaged into a zip file (35 MB). The files include an outside consultant review, a University of Minnesota Civil Engineering field report, two brief status summary documents, and, most troubling, a MnDOT “Fracture Critical” engineering summary which reveals in candid descriptions and shocking photographs the deterioration [...]

SuperRondo? MnDOT, NASCO, and I-35 NAFTA Superhighway plans

digg_url = ‘http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2007/jul/13/superrondo-mndot-nasco-and-i-35-nafta-superhighway-plans’; SuperRondo Superhighway? MnDOT, NASCO, and plans for the I-35 NAFTA Superhighway UPDATE December 14, 2007: More documents from MnDOT were released in November, shedding further light on how NASCO is set up, its federal contract, and the effect of Minnesota’s Lockheed office on earmarks. See PIM Exclusive: SuperRondo II: New NASCO NAFTA Superhighway Docs [...]

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