State House candidate Tom Heyd doesn't relish the idea of extending the state sales tax to clothing. And from what he's heard door-knocking in the conservative District 16B, voters aren't excited about it either.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer's plan to jump-start Minnesota's economy by creating jobs, announced this week, is being criticized as "smoke and mirrors" and more of the same policies of eight years of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's administration.

Senate Taxes Committee Chairman Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, announced last week that he’s introducing a bill to add clothing to the state’s sales tax in order to pay back last year’s K-12 school aid shift and reduce the current budget deficit.

Senate Taxes Committee Chairman Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, this morning proposed to add clothing to the state's sales tax in order to payback last year's K-12 school aid shift and reduce the current budget deficit. While expanding the sales tax base, Bakk also wants to lower the sales tax rate from 6.5 percent to 6.25 percent. Minnesota is one of five states that don't tax clothing sales.

A commission appointed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to reform Minnesota’s business tax system released its recommendations on Friday with an oft-cited philosophy in mind.

The anticipated billion-dollar-plus budget deficit facing Minnesota legislators in 2009 could spell trouble for Minnesota businesses. Already, during the 2008 legislative session, state lawmakers limited ...