On last day's eve, envelope with 133 votes is missing The drama, the suspense, the hard work, the long hours, the hyperbolic rhetoric, and now — on what otherwise would have been the final day of the largest hand recount in Minnesota history — it comes down to this:
Job losses a big reason for state's budget shortfall A continued string of job losses through next year is what's expected to fuel Minnesota's projected budget deficit of $5.28 billion over the next 2 1/2 years.
