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New Jersey's 'Snooki subsidy' snuffed out

Gov. Christie cites its role in spreading "misconceptions about the state and its citizens."

By Vince Tuss

September 28, 2011 at 4:36AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

News of a $420,000 tax credit to the makers of MTV's "Jersey Shore" drew objections and statements that nothing could be done. But New Jesey Gov. Chris Christie, before failing to address whether he would run for the Republican presidential nomination, found a way to kill it. The rationale:

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Vince Tuss

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Vince Tuss is a producer working on the StarTribune.com home page most evenings. Before that, he was a copy editor and a night police reporter.

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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.

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How do Minnesota pros prepare for a game? Collier, Faber, Gobert and others showed us.

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