Gov. Tim Pawlenty released his revised budget today, which proposes deeper cuts to health and social services while increasing K-12 education funding levels. Days earlier, Senate DFLers…
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar met with 13 moderate and conservative Democrats and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut on Tuesday as part of a group formed by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and based “loosely on the House Blue Dog Coalition.”…
Faced with a mind-boggling $5 billion budget shortfall, and fears of future cuts mingled with memories of last month’s “unallotment” of funds by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, many Minnesotans are pondering the state’s finances. To help, we offer a rundown…
As the budget battle at the Capitol gets going, Republicans are promising to obstruct efforts to both cut expenses and raise taxes. DFLers are looking at a pending stimulus plan from the White House in February in order to guide how the budget session takes place. And at least one DFLer thinks that Pawlenty might change his stance on taxes (or “revenue enhancements”) to help fill the historic $4.8 billion deficit.
As the 86th two-year session of the Minnesota legislature gets under way, Gov. Tim Pawlenty says there’s at least one option off the table to fix a state budget that faces a $4.8 billion shortfall: raising taxes.
Congress members will get a $4,700 increase as part of a yearly cost-of-living adjustment at the start of the year. The cost to taxpayers? About $2.5 million. But Rep. Tim Walz, DFL, will not be getting a raise: He’s…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has floated the idea of a 1/8 percent sales tax reduction as part of his budget-balancing proposal. It may seem counter-intuitive to cut taxes in order to balance a budget, but Pawlenty was adamant that…
President Bush released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2009 last Monday (you might have missed it with Super Duper Tuesday the following day), and not very many people are happy with what it contains. Minnesota’s…
Editor’s Note: Matt Martin writes a column twice monthly on the first and 15th. This article is cross-posted at MNpublius.
As I wrote in my previous column in this space, I think that the DFL leadership in the…
The City of Saint Paul will be raising taxes and bringing in new police officers while keeping the libraries open. The St. Paul City Council unanimously passed the 2007 budget at their meeting on Wednesday.
The budget for 2007 will…
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