January 10, 2002

Governor Ventura unveils his budget plans to close a 1.95 billion dollar budget gap

Laura McCallum - Reporter, Jesse Ventura - Profiled Subject, Pam Wheelock - Speaker, Steve Sviggum - Speaker, Roger Moe - Speaker

LISTEN:Governor Ventura unveils his budget plans to close a 1.95 billion dollar budget gap
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MPR’s Laura McCallum reports on comments from Ventura's finance commissioner, Pam Wheelock, who says the budget plan will include a combination of spending cuts, tax increases and dipping into the state's budget reserves. She says resolving a deficit of this magnitude will be painful.

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