unallotment
Supremes tell Pawlenty to settle down, Legislature to step up
In a 4-3 ruling delivered Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court essentially rejected $2.7 billion in unilateral spending cuts Gov. Tim Pawlenty made last year after he vetoed a tax bill that would have raised that amount at the end of the session.
Chief Justice Eric Magnuson, a Pawlenty appointee who's retiring this June, along with Justices Alan Page, Paul Anderson and Helen Meyer, decided Pawlenty did not follow the law when it came to unalloting more than $5.3 million in approved spending for Minnesota's Special Diet Program.MORE »
OPINION | MN Catholic bishops respond to governor's unallotment plans
In the June 12 letter, the nine Catholic bishops stated, "we are compelled to speak with and for those among us whose voices are not always heard, and whose lives are ofteMORE »
Have you been unallotted yet?
“That’s how a homeowner would react to a decrease in their property tax refund,” said Hauge, who works for Minneapolis-based Home Line. “This is no different.”MORE »
Pawlenty plays budget hardball in Minnesota
Local government, aid to the poor hit hard by unallotments
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