Balanced Budgets and Job Creation

Today Governor Pawlenty made his choices about how to cut the state budget. I deeply disagree with the governor because his choices will hurt many people. The governor has offered no plan for putting people to work, only for cutting jobs during a tough economy, and has offered no strategy for fixing a broken state [...]

Keeping our focus on public safety

The following letter was submitted to and published in today’s Star Tribune: A June 12 Star Tribune article “Federal police aid less than Minneapolis expected” paints an inaccurate and incomplete picture about my commitment to public safety, especially as we respond to the significant funding cuts coming as a result of the state’s budget deficit. [...]

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