Republicans in the Minnesota House passed a budget bill Wednesday that would cut spending on state government operations by 34 percent over the next two years. The measure would reduce the state's workforce by 15 percent, freeze wages and consolidate services.
(04/06/2011)
Bill includes cuts to the Minnesota Trade Office and a local business subsidy fund that helps small and medium firms expand their employment.
(04/05/2011)
The Republican-backed measure includes a phase-out of business property taxes and a freeze in local government aid.
(04/05/2011)
The announcement that four large HMOs have agreed to give any excess earnings back to the state will slow spending in health and human services — one of the fastest-growing areas of the state budget.
(04/05/2011)
Republican chair of tax committee said the issue will be revisited next year.
(04/04/2011)
More than 1,000 Minnesota state employees
opted for an early retirement program in the past nine months,
saving the state an estimated $47 million over three years.
(04/04/2011)
Republicans seeking to balance the state budget are taking aim at the state's human rights department, an agency that probes discrimination complaints.
(04/04/2011)
Backers say the bill aims at Minnesota's racial achievement gap by eliminating racial integration aid to several large districts in favor of incentives for districts that improve student literacy.
(03/31/2011)
The Minnesota Senate Wednesday passed a government finance bill that dramatically cuts the state workforce, freezes salaries and slices the operating budgets of all state agencies.
(03/30/2011)
Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, said that Minneapolis is wasting taxpayer money on a long list of programs, including public art projects and the Target Center's green roof. Rybak said Drazkowski's claims are "wildly inaccurate."
(03/29/2011)
House Republicans have passed their first major budget bills since taking power at the Minnesota Capitol this year. They approved their version of a tax bill after hours of heated debate on the House floor Monday.
(03/29/2011)
The Republican-controlled Minnesota House and Senate began passing a series of finance bills Monday that would erase a $5 billion state budget deficit without raising taxes. GOP leaders plan to complete action on their bills by the end of the week, but most of them appear headed toward vetoes from DFL Gov. Mark Dayton.
(03/28/2011)
Republicans in the Legislature are ignoring or foregoing fiscal analysis as they put together their plan to erase the state's $5 billion budget deficit.
(03/25/2011)
Republicans say they are building a budget "based on what is in Minnesota's checking account," but they are using special revenue accounts and dedicated funds to help balance the state's budget.
(03/24/2011)
Gov. Mark Dayton told a gathering of local government officials Thursday that he's never seen a legislative session that compares to this year.
(03/24/2011)
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