Governor Tim Pawlenty pulled off the presidential campaign trail long enough to deliver a state budget today. The Star Tribune reports in
Pawlenty unveils deep cuts to balance the budget:
Gov. Tim Pawlenty presented a supplemental budget Monday morning
that outlines how he wants to erase a $1.2 billion state budget deficit.
Aid to cities, counties and health and human services took the deepest cuts in Pawlenty's proposal.
The governor, who is in his last year in office, pledged to protect
programs for the military, veterans, public safety and money for K-12
classroom education.
According to the governor's office, the budget proposal cuts $250
million from aids to local units of government; $347 million from
health and human service programs; $47 million from higher education
funding, and $181 million from state agencies and other programs. . . .
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