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Budget conferees head toward finish line
Rep. Lyndon Carlson, who chairs the House Ways & Means Committee, said a few provisions in the agriculture and jobs portions of the budget were the most significant hang-ups left.
The Capitol Note: Senate Democrats to caucus on House’s latest minimum wage deal
The "implicit price deflator" would be capped at a 3 percent annual increase.
The Capitol Note: House targets include tax cuts, education and capital investment spending
House Majority Leader Erin Murphy said the budget plan would "build on our historic investments in education.
The Capitol Note: Bakk cautions against spending surplus on tax cuts
Ag and job provisions last negotiating points in $283M package DFL lawmakers capped a frenzied day of negotiations Tuesday with a relatively calm committee tour of nearly two-thirds of the ...
The Capitol Note: Medicinal marijuana support at 51 percent
The idea is significantly more popular with the young and less affluent, and polls much better with Democrats than Republicans.
The Capitol Note: Dayton approval at 58 percent
Notably, both Democratic candidates get a slight boost when the poll of adults is trimmed to include only likely voters.
MN United PAC releases ‘Minnesota 15’ list
On the same day the U.S. Supreme Court struck struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the Minnesotans United PAC released the full "Minnesota 15" list of pro-gay marriage legislators who will be made "priorities" in their reelection campaigns. That list includes the five legislative Republicans who voted in favor of the bill and 10 rural Democrats serving in the House who could be vulnera[...]
Legislature finishes $38 billion state budget
It was four minutes to midnight on the final day of session when the Minnesota Senate passed the omnibus tax bill that wrapped up the Legislature’s work on the state’s $38 billion budget for the 2014-15 biennium. The down-to-the-wire finish followed a contentious final two weeks of negotiations between House, Senate and the governor’s office over the terms of final budget and policy deals.[...]
House passes K-12 funding bill
The bill will increase the basic funding formula to schools by $234 million, or 3 percent, which Marquart said would break down to more than $300 in new spending per student.
The fine print: Minnesota budget bills contain little-noted provisions
Traveling in the House and Senate budget bills are dozens of little-discussed provisions that could become sticking points in final negotiations.
House passes $15.7B education finance bill
K-12 education finance bills that account for roughly 40 percent of the state’s general fund spending are moving through the House and Senate floors this week.
House passes K-12 funding bill
The state House on Tuesday passed a $15.7 billion K-12 budget bill after seven hours of debate. The bill passed 83-50 with 10 Republicans joining all DFLers in support.
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