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Minnesota Public Radio coverage of the Minnesota budget negotiations.
  • Minn. Republicans target spending cuts to close deficit
    Republicans in the Minnesota House and Senate have unveiled a two-year budget framework that would erase a $5 billion deficit entirely through spending cuts, while also providing tax breaks to businesses and families.March 10, 2011
  • GOP looks to legacy amendment funds in budget fix
    When GOP leaders craft a detailed plan to erase the state's projected $5 billion deficit, they likely will take aim at money voters dedicated to support the arts and outdoors projects.March 10, 2011
  • Dayton: GOP lawmakers in denial over LGA cuts
    Gov. Mark Dayton says too many legislators don't see the connection between cuts in state aid to cities and increases in local property taxes.March 9, 2011
  • Dayton's snowbird tax plan may be hard to enforce
    A key part of Gov. Mark Dayton's plan to balance Minnesota's budget is a provision designed to collect state income taxes from snowbirds -- people who flee the state in the winter for warmer weather elsewhere.March 8, 2011
  • Minnesotans 'solve' budget problem: reform, please
    Faced with a need to make important government budget decisions, Minnesotans say they would rather reform the way education, health care and social programs work than simply reduce spending on them.March 7, 2011
  • House follows Senate in rejecting Dayton's income-tax plan
    Gov. Mark Dayton called the House and Senate votes political game-playing as he tussles with Republicans over how to fix the state's $5 billion budget shortfall.March 3, 2011
  • No sign of compromise despite smaller deficit forecast
    Now that the state's budget forecast shows Minnesota with a $5 billion deficit for the next two years, Gov. Mark Dayton and state lawmakers will sharpen their talking points to make their case to the general public.March 1, 2011
  • Lower budget shortfall; same political divide
    The smaller deficit prompted DFL Gov. Mark Dayton to back off one of his proposed tax increases, but there's still a wide divide between Dayton and Republican legislative leaders over how best to erase the remaining red ink.February 28, 2011
  • Dayton drops 'surcharge' on rich plan as deficit shrinks
    Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday he will restore proposed cuts to nursing homes and eliminate a temporary surcharge on the state's wealthiest after a new budget forecast showed the state's deficit should shrink by $1 billion.February 28, 2011
  • Minn. Senate GOP to Dayton: We won't raise taxes
    Republicans in the Minnesota Senate have put in writing what they've been saying publicly about Gov. Mark Dayton's budget plan: They don't like it and won't go along with his call for higher state taxes.February 24, 2011
  • Will tax increase make millionaires flee Minnesota?
    Republicans in the Minnesota House and Senate say Gov. Mark Dayton's plan to raise income taxes on Minnesota's top earners will encourage those wealthier Minnesotans move to states with lower taxes. But a new report from New Jersey says higher taxes had little effect on who chose to live in the state.February 24, 2011
  • Mayors seek Dayton, GOP compromise to save LGA
    Minnesota mayors are looking for a budget compromise between Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders that would protect state aid to cities.February 23, 2011
  • Dayton may restore cuts to nursing homes, home health care
    Gov. Mark Dayton says he intends to restore some of the funding he's proposed to cut from nursing homes and home health agencies if the state's economic picture improves.February 22, 2011
  • Wealthy Minnesotans on Dayton's tax hike proposal
    Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed a state budget that relies heavily on tax increases on the wealthy to close a projected $6.2 billion budget deficit. We asked sources in our Public Insight Network who would be affected by Dayton's proposed tax increases for their reaction.February 16, 2011
  • U of M economist on how state tax rates affect jobs
    Some of the opponents of Gov. Dayton's tax plan argue that raising taxes on the rich will drive jobs out of Minnesota. Economist Laura Kalambokidis discussed the issue with All Things Considered's Tom Crann on Wednesday.February 16, 2011
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