Minnesota Medicaid will receive $2 billion.

Veterans received more than $15 billion from the stimulus bill.

The U may not end up with any additional money from the stimulus, other than Pell grant funds for students.

Local business owners anticipate the impact of the national stimulus package.

The University expects a slice of the roughly $20 billion allocated for research and development.

Minnesota is expected to receive about $9 billion of the $787 billion national stimulus package signed Tuesday by President Barack Obama.

2008 National Survey of Student Engagement shows the U falling behind some Big Ten schools.

Editor’s note: This is the second installment of the three-part series covering Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s proposed budget cuts to higher education. Tomorrow’s story will cover cuts aimed at a variety of small programs across the state.

Editor’s note: This is the first story in an occasional series that will provide updates and analysis on issues related to health policy.