Pawlenty pitches Constitutional amendment to cap state general fund budget; DFLers fire back (access required)

by Steve Perry
Published: November 5, 2009
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced this morning that he's proposing to amend Minnesota's state Constitution to place restrictions on the biennium-to-biennium growth of general fund spending.

The deficit next time: $4.9 billion, says preliminary nonpartisan estimate

by Steve Perry
Published: June 17, 2009
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There’s some dispute over the size of the deficit that state government can expect to confront in the next budgeting session in 2011. At his unallotment presser on Tuesday (I’ve got a fuller summary at CapReport), Gov. Tim Pawlenty put the figure at $4 billion. Former state finance commissioner Jay Kiedrowski has said $4.5 billion. This [...]

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