Add Minnesota to the growing list of states considering dropping their OSHA programs due to budget woes. Earlier this year Vermont's governor announced he was thinking about letting the Feds run his state's program. And last week North Carolina's labor commissioner expressed concern that her program might be cut.
Now Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's budget proposal would save $1.2 million over the next two years by shifting regulation of private workplace safety in Minnesota to federal OSHA.