Minnesota Management and Budget presented their February forecast this week, which estimates a $1.513 billion budgetary balance, most of which is one-time spending. This balance is $181 million more than the November 2019 forecast. Minnesota’s economic outlook is stable, but a slowdown… Read More »Senate DFL urges caution when investing one-time money
Senate Republicans pushed through a controversial voter ID bill this week, which could reduce turnout in Minnesota elections by tens of thousands of voters. The proposal requires all voters to possess either a driver’s license, Minnesota identification card, or voter… Read More »Photo ID Voter Suppression passes Republican-controlled Senate
BUDGET: A significant win this session was the repeal of the sunset of the 2% provider tax, which is set at a new, ongoing level of 1.8%. The additional revenue from the tax opened opportunities in the budget to make… Read More »HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
BUDGET The Senate Republicans’ original veterans and military affairs budget proposal had a $0 target and failed to adequately fund those who have served and continue to serve the state and country. The bill included no additional funding for operating… Read More »VETERANS
TAX OVERVIEW The final tax bill contained several bipartisan tax-relief measures, federal tax conformity, and several local tax provisions to help communities across the state. The biggest complaints were lack of conformity to at least $400 million of corporate foreign… Read More »TAXES
BUDGET The state government omnibus bill spends a total of $1.15 billion in 2020-2021. The bill has a budget target of $66 million over the base, it avoids the multitude of budget cuts proposed by the Senate Republicans, and it… Read More »STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT