June 20, 2003 - President Bush traveled to Minnesota yesterday THURSDAY to highlight the tax cuts he recently signed into law. The president spoke to about two-thousand people at an electronics manufacturing firm in Fridley. He says the tax relief package will help Micro Control Company and other small businesses create jobs. Economic issues could be crucial in the president's re-election bid. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
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June 12, 2003 - Governor Pawlenty today signed a 237-million dollar bonding bill into law. The bill authorizes the state to borrow for construction projects, including buildings at state colleges and universities and flood relief in northwestern Minnesota. The largest single item in the bill is 25-million dollars for a new Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Guthrie officials say the theater's inclusion in the bonding bill ends a lengthy lobbying effort. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports.
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May 29, 2003 - The Minnesota House has passed a seven-point-four billion dollar health and human services bill. Democrats voted against it, calling it the meanest of the Republican budget bills. They say it will eliminate state health coverage for thousands of Minnesotans, an estimate Republicans dispute. The Senate is now debating the bill, as lawmakers hope to end the special session today (THURSDAY). Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
May 28, 2003 - One week into the special session, the Minnesota House has passed a transportation bill that could put as much as 900-million dollars into road projects over the next four years. The bill would borrow for projects and use an advance of federal money, an approach criticized by Democrats as short-sighted. Senate DFL leaders say they won't take up the transportation bill until the House also passes a capital investment bill. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...