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• Backed by House, 6 patients sue Pawlenty, state officials
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty sliced the program's $5.3 million appropriation as part of a $2.7 billion emergency budget reduction in June. The nutrition cuts prompted a lawsuit that offers a glimpse into a program that serves some of the state's poorest residents.
  
• Minn./Wis. reciprocity: Will workers be torn between two tax bills?
  With a reciprocity deal with Wisconsin about to expire, some cross-border workers may have to file in both states.
  
• Minn. GOP biggest user of tax break Pawlenty axed
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty's Republican Party was the biggest user of a campaign program he axed that gives donors tax refunds for part of their contributions.
  
• Lowry Bridge, Saints, Como Zoo fighting for your money
  The Great Culling Process has begun as legislators, mindful that labor is cheap now, decide which projects should get state help.
  
• Sowing survivalism seeds on talk radio
  Does a $149 "survival seed" kit appeal to common-sense self-sufficiency - or to our darkest economic fears?
  
• Is Quist too conservative to beat foe he calls too liberal?
  The social conservative brings "strength and enthusiasm" to the First District, a GOP official said. The DFL Party said he offers "right-wing rhetoric," not solutions.
  
• Emotions erupt over county budget woes
  The Hennepin County Board may restore some funding, but agency heads are worried about bigger holes in the safety net.
  
• St. Cloud State poll: Obama beats Pawlenty in Minnesota
  Minnesotans give President Obama Gov. Tim Pawlenty roughly equal grades for the job they're doing, but it's no contest when the two are matched in a hypothetical 2012 presidential run.
  
• House revives budget fight with Pawlenty
  What's at stake? Control over how the state budget is spent. A brief to be filed says Pawlenty's cuts violated law.
  
• Governors to Pawlenty: Let's talk
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty made a bit of a splash last month when he asked other governors to join him in exploring the idea of allowing states to sell one another's health insurance.
  
• Klobuchar rating at 58%; Franken is making gains
  Poll finds voters are warming to Franken. Pawlenty has electorate almost evenly split.
  
• House DFLers may challenge cuts in court
  They will vote Monday on whether to join six citizens suing Pawlenty's use of "unallotment" power.
  
• Absentee ballots simplified in wake of Senate race
  Secretary of State Mark Ritchie says the new ballots are easy to understand, user-friendly.
  
• House speaker wins union backing
  MAPE, the second-largest state employees union, has endorsed DFLer Kelliher for governor.
  
• As commission presses, Vikes will 'move on'
  The team says that doesn't necessarily mean moving away from Minnesota.
  
• Did stimulus money go to 'phantom' districts in Minnesota?
  Recovery.gov reported that $6.4 billion was sent to 700 districts, including 11 in Minnesota, that don't exist.
  
• Wilfs break off relations with stadium commission
  Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf said they were "shocked, exasperated and extremely disappointed" by a proposal for the team to extend its Metrodome lease by two years. The plan leaves them "questioning the future of this franchise."
  
• Survey: Obama would beat Pawlenty in 2012
  Minnesotans think Gov. Tim Pawlenty and President Obama are doing OK in their current jobs, but if they went head to head in a 2012 presidential race, Obama would win the state, according to a new St. Cloud State University survey.
  
• Vikings: Plan to extend Dome lease 'a non-starter'
  A Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission resolution would ask the team to commit to at least two more seasons beyond 2011 or face $4 million in rent.
  
• Dille to vacate state Senate seat in 2010
  Though popular with voters, state Sen. Steve Dille says he won't fight his own party for endorsement.
  
• Minn. Gov Tim Pawlenty addressing NH GOP event
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is widely believed to be considering a presidential bid in 2012, will be the keynote speaker at a New Hampshire Republican event next month.
  
• Poll: Coleman is GOP favorite for governor
  Minnesota Republicans still like former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman.
  
• MN state Sen. Dille to retire
  A longtime Minnesota state senator is announcing his retirement.
  
• State's poor being shifted to different medical plan
  With a state health plan for the indigent about to be eliminated, most recipients will go on MinnesotaCare.
  
• Hunters not amused by shoot-and-run
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty has taken a drubbing from hunters for not tracking down a deer he shot on opening day of Minnesota's firearm deer season.
  

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