The recession-spawned push to draw more business investment to Minnesota has led state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to craft proposals for giving tax breaks to investors who put money into startup ventures.

The recession-spawned push to draw more business investment to Minnesota has led state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to craft proposals for giving tax breaks to investors who put money into startup ventures.

Minnesota lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to enact financial incentives for investors in small, start-up companies. A new House Research report, however, questions the conventional wisdom of giving tax credits to angel investors.

House Research offers two memos to lawmakers about previous forays into the courts

The one-two punch of line-item vetoes and unallotments that Gov. Tim Pawlenty will use to balance Minnesota’s budget represents a claim of executive power that’s ...