by Charley Shaw
Published: January 27, 2010
Tags: federal stimulus, Minnesota Management and Budget Department
A national group that once gave Minnesota low marks for its stimulus reporting efforts now considers the state among the best in the country.
by Charley Shaw
Published: November 18, 2009
Tags: federal stimulus, Minnesota Management and Budget
The Minnesota Department of Management and Budget (MMB) has rolled out an online map that shows where federal economic stimulus money has been allocated in the state.
by Charley Shaw
Published: October 30, 2009
Tags: Brian McClung, federal stimulus, gaming, renter's credit, Tim Pawlenty, WCCO Radio
Gov. Tim Pawlenty served up another smorgasbord of public policy criticism on his weekly Friday morning WCCO-AM radio show.
by Charley Shaw
Published: October 28, 2009
Tags: federal stimulus, Good Jobs First, Recovery.mn, transparency
Government watchdog groups are heralding this Friday’s stimulus report from the federal government as a major event in the history of government transparency. But those groups, which include Good Jobs First and Common Cause among others, are already seeing inconsistencies in the numbers that have been trickling out of states.
by Staff
Published: April 22, 2009
Tags: End The Fed, extremism, Federal Reserve Bank, federal stimulus, JTTF, Ron Paul, tea parties
At noon this Saturday, the local branch of the “End the Fed” group will have a demonstration against the Federal Reserve Bank in downtown Minneapolis; supporters are trying to have demos at every Fed facility nationwide. Here, participants will walk around the local branch of America’s public/private central banking entity, and advocate for shutting it [...]
by Staff
Published: April 22, 2009
Tags: End The Fed, extremism, Federal Reserve Bank, federal stimulus, JTTF, Ron Paul, tea parties
At noon this Saturday, the local branch of the “End the Fed” group will have a demonstration against the Federal Reserve Bank in downtown Minneapolis; supporters are trying to have demos at every Fed facility nationwide. Here, participants will walk around the local branch of America’s public/private central banking entity, and advocate for shutting it [...]
by Charley Shaw
Published: March 3, 2009
Tags: economic recession, federal stimulus, Minnesota politics and government, Tim Pawlenty
Rumors of a $7 billion projected deficit for Minnesota’s 2010-2011 general fund budget were dashed on Tuesday. The state’s twice annual economic forecast instead showed a $4.6 billion shortfall. The lower than expected deficit was achieved by the federal stimulus package that President Obama signed on Feb. 17. Without the federal stimulus money, Minnesota’s deficit would have risen [...]
