Just ahead of a due date for property tax
payments - and just weeks before the fall election - rebate checks
averaging $205 would begin arriving in the mailboxes of homeowners
if House Republican lawmakers get their way.
(04/10/2006)
Even though the Legislature doesn't have a budget to balance this year, there are a number of tax-related proposals on the table, including eliminating the so-called marriage penalty, raising the state sales tax and the increasing the income tax.
(Midday, 04/06/2006)
The Minnesota Senate has approved legislation that lets voters decide whether to raise sales taxes to benefit environmental programs and the arts.
(04/03/2006)
Anyone hoping for tax relief from state lawmakers may be disappointed this year, because Gov. Pawlenty, Senate DFLers and House Republicans appear to be headed toward an impasse over tax cuts.
(03/31/2006)
The Minnesota Senate took unusually quick action Thursday to pass the primary legislation of this year's session, a bill authorizing the state to borrow money for construction projects.
(03/23/2006)
Gov. Pawlenty says the state needs more money to house sex offenders and to reduce the tax bite on married couples.
Those initiatives are among the highlights of a supplemental budget plan the governor announced on Tuesday.
(03/14/2006)
More than half of the surplus is set aside for Minnesota schools. And if a pending court ruling goes against the state, the surplus could evaporate and become a shortfall.
(02/28/2006)
Minnesota lawmakers return to the Capitol Wednesday for what they're hoping will be a brief and productive session. They want to avoid a repeat of last year, when gridlock resulted in the state's first partial government shutdown.
(02/27/2006)
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