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Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 1:42pm
The possibility of essentially abolishing state employee unions in Wisconsin is one option to help solve the state’s budget crisis that is being raised by Wisconsin’s new governor, Republican Scott Walker.
Walker told the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel that he's looking at a range of options that would weaken unions, including eliminating their ability to negotiate with the...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 10:46am
On his first day as governor-elect, it was apparent that Mark Dayton faces a tough road ahead as the first Democrat elected as Minnesota’s governor in 20 years. MAPE and other labor unions lauded Dayton for his hard-fought victory and voiced strong support for his incoming administration.
Tom Emmer, his legal challenges nearly exhausted, conceded defeat Wednesday morning 37 days after...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 1:56pm
Democrat Mark Dayton praised Republican Tom Emmer for his "gracious" decision to concede the governor's race as Dayton faced his first press conference as Minnesota's governor-elect Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol in St. Paul.
Dayton, who has a 30-year track record of public service, will become the first Democratic governor in Minnesota in two decades when he is sworn into...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 1:07pm
SHOREVIEW – The 13,000-member Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) today congratulated Mark Dayton on his election as governor.
“Mark Dayton is the governor Minnesotans elected to lead our state into a better future,” said MAPE Executive Director Jim Monroe. “And that better future starts today.”
Monroe added, “There’s no question that...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 8:39am
Several media outlets are reporting that Tom Emmer will concede the governor’s race to Democrat Mark Dayton this morning at a news conference in Delano. Emmer's campaign issued a news release early Wednesday saying the candidate would make a "major announcement" about the recount at a 10:30 a.m. event at his Delano home.
Here are links to some of the news sources: ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 1:26pm
It hasn’t been a good day for Republican Tom Emmer in the gubernatorial recount where he trails Democrat Mark Dayton by approximately 9,000 votes. First an opinion poll showed that two-thirds of Minnesotans believe Dayton is the gubernatorial winner and that Emmer should throw in the towel.
Now, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued the reasoning behind its decision to deny Emmer's...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 12:15pm
If there’s a slight glimmer of hope in the state’s $6.2 billion state budget deficit for the next biennium, it’s that there are more calls this time for Minnesota to quit kicking the can down the road with its budget problems.
First, State Economist Tom Stinson said that “smoke and mirrors” won’t fix the state budget. "We've got to commit to a more normal...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 11:06am
More and more, Republican Tom Emmer’s slim hopes in the gubernatorial recount rest in part on finding flaws in the election by analyzing the statewide voter database, according to the Associated Press. Mark Dayton’s nearly 9,000 vote lead has held up throughout the statewide recount.
However, the post-election updates to the database from local officials aren’t expected to be...
Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, December 6, 2010 - 12:50pm
The State Canvassing Board is expected to have approximately 1,000 ballots deemed valid challenges to sort through when the board meets Dec. 8-10 in the statewide recount of the governor’s race, according to the Pioneer Press. This is approximately 8,000 fewer challenges than Dayton's nearly 9,000-vote lead over Tom Emmer entering the recount.
The board is expected to certify a...
Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, December 6, 2010 - 11:17am
Is Gov. Tim Pawlenty ending his gubernatorial tenure with the state on the right track as he claims? Star Tribune columnist Lori Sturdevant doesn’t think so. Instead, Pawlenty’s legacy is the $6.2 billion budget deficit for the next biennium.
Gov. Pawlenty claimed last week that he was leaving the next governor with a $399 million surplus, which is forecast to be left in the bank at...
