Earlier today, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Governor Pawlenty misused his unallotment authority last year. While the Court decision is focused on the $5.5 million for the special-diet program, the decision calls into question the full rationale Pawlenty used for unalloting $2.7 billion from the State budget.
As a result, the lawsuit challenging Governor Pawlenty’s unallotment of the Renters’ Credit appears to have stronger footing.
Stay tuned for more analysis in the next few days.
To learn more, check out:
- Star Tribune article, “State Supreme Court rules against Pawlenty”
- Minnesota Budget Bites, “State Supreme Court limits Governor’s unallotment authority
- Politics in Minnesota’s, “Shocker: Unallotments undone by high court”
- Minnesota Public Radio’s, “Court’s ruling makes state budget picture more complicated”
- MinnPost’s, “How does the ruling affect the rest of the biennium?”
- Duluth News Tribune’s, “Court says Pawlenty unallotments illegal”
