AM 1240 WJON » mn state budget http://wjon.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:09:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Minnesota Burns Future Tobacco Cash for Immediate Budget Fix http://wjon.com/minnesota-burns-future-tobacco-cash-for-immediate-budget-fix/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-burns-future-tobacco-cash-for-immediate-budget-fix/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:23:11 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=49385 Minnesota's government is about to give up $1.1 billion in future payments from tobacco companies so it can get about half as much money now for a temporary budget fix.

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