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Tax bill is a key soccer stadium goal
When it comes to the tricky tale of the attempts that Minneapolis and St. Paul have made to land a Major League Soccer team, plenty ...
Read More »The Capitol Note: House offers another tax-cuts package
The bill was amended only slightly during Thursday's proceedings.
Read More »The Capitol Note: House moves tax cut bill
The tax repeal package, and Lenczewski's dedication to moving it immediately, drew support from the committee's Republicans.
Read More »Cities, counties aim to extend tax exemptions
Last session, after the Legislature exempted city and county government from paying the state’s general sales tax on most purchases, the move was heralded as a long-overdue triumph of common sense. After all, what is the logic in the government taxing the government?
Read More »The Capitol Note: MNsure board talks about new figures and hiring a permanent leader
The board also discussed its thinking about hiring a full-time, permanent replacement for April Todd-Malmlov.
Read More »Judicial retention bill faces uncertain future
The 2014 legislative session could set the stage for a high-profile battle over how Minnesota picks its judges. A broad coalition is renewing a push to pass a ballot initiative that would move the state to a judicial retention election system.
Read More »News links: Swanson, Dayton to butt heads on sex offender release
Swanson’s opposition creates another political obstacle to the administration’s efforts to modify the terms of confinement for about 700 men.
Read More »Capitol restoration update: There goes the lawn, Senate searches for swing space
Construction crews will begin taking up big sections of the lawn in the front the Capitol building, the Senate is searching for a swing space in 2014 and officials are preparing for the possibility that the chambers could be off-limits in 2015.
Read More »Will tobacco tax estimate go up in smoke?
The consequences of raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes, as the Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton have now agreed to do, are no simple matter to sort out. This much is acknowledged by all.
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