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GOVERNOR PAWLENTY SECURES FEDERAL AGRICULTURE DISASTER DESIGNATION FOR TWELVE COUNTIES -- October 8, 2009 |
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| Governor Tim Pawlenty announced today that 12 counties in northern and northwestern Minnesota have been designated as a federal agricultural disaster area by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack. |
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MINNESOTA & WISCONSIN GOVERNORS ANNOUNCE FRIENDLY WAGER OVER GOPHERS-BADGERS, VIKINGS-PACKERS GAMES -- October 1, 2009 |
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| With two great border rivalry games coming up soon, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle have agreed on a friendly wager over the outcome of Saturday's game between the Minnesota Gophers and Wisconsin Badgers and the Monday Night Football showdown between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers. |
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GOVERNOR PAWLENTY KICKS OFF OPENING OF CONGESTION RELIEVERS ALONG I-35W -- September 28, 2009 |
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| Motorists and transit riders in the south Twin Cities metro area will have an improved commute as several key components of a traffic congestion relief initiative open this week. |
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GOVERNOR PAWLENTY AND FELLOW GOVERNORS SEND LETTER TO SENATOR BAUCUS -- September 23, 2009 |
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| Yesterday, Governor Pawlenty and the governors of California, Indiana, Nevada and Utah sent a letter to U.S. Senator Max Baucus expressing strong opposition to a $40 billion tax on the medical device industry in the Senate Finance Committee health care reform proposal. The medical device industry employs approximately 360,000 people in the United States, with 60,000 of those jobs in Minnesota at companies including Medtronic, Boston Scientific, 3M, and St. Jude. The medical device tax in the bill would make the United States the highest tax jurisdiction in the world in which to produce medical technology. |
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FAMILIES OF FALLEN SOLDIERS, GOVERNOR PAWLENTY & FIRST LADY MARY PAWLENTY UNVEIL GOLD STAR LICENSE PLATE -- September 22, 2009 |
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| Family members of fallen soldiers joined with Governor Tim Pawlenty and First Lady Mary Pawlenty today to unveil a new license plate commemorating Minnesota's fallen military heroes. |
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GOVERNOR PAWLENTY ANNOUNCES BOB SCHROEDER TO SERVE AS CHIEF OF STAFF -- August 27, 2009 |
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| Governor Tim Pawlenty today named Bob Schroeder as Chief of Staff, effective Monday, August 31. Schroeder takes over from Matt Kramer, who accepted a position as director of the University of Minnesota's Academic and Corporate Relations Center. |
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