tax cuts

May 8, 2015

Tough sailing ahead for budget deal

Observers are skeptical before political leaders convene at Lake Vermilion resort.

Apr 22, 2015

House GOP details $2B tax cut

Critics of the spending plan zeroed in on a business property tax cut that starts small, but grows exponentially in the near future.

Apr 21, 2015

GOP plan phases out business property tax

House Republicans introduced the specifics behind their $2 billion tax cut in a Monday announcement, detailing a broad agenda that would slash income, business and sales taxes.

Feb 13, 2015

Six GOP governors who are ready to raise taxes

Stung by slowing revenue streams, a few Republican governors, led by Sam Brownback of Kansas and John Kasich of Ohio, have gone so far as to propose their own tax hikes.

Jun 11, 2014

Winkler left mark on Session ’14

The 38-year-old Golden Valley representative has emerged as one of the DFL's most outspoken progressives.

Jun 6, 2014

States may be expanding wealth gap

Economic statistics show that incomes for the top 1 percent of U.S. households soared 31 percent from 2009 through 2012, after adjusting for inflation, yet inched up an average of 0.4 percent for those making less.

May 21, 2014

Greiff: Tax cuts don’t work miracles

The recent record suggests those states that cut taxes find themselves with bigger deficits and none of the economic revival that might stop the population loss plaguing the Rust and Farm belts.

Mar 28, 2014

Tax cuts, take two

House Taxes Committee moves bill to aid renters, homeowners and farmers.

Mar 21, 2014

Senate tax cut vote delayed until Friday morning session

Senate Minority Leader David Hann argued that the bill was not fully vetted.

May 18, 2012

Business lobby gives mixed marks to GOP majorities

The change in Minnesota politics wrought by the 2010 election created equal measures of optimism and concern among the business groups that lobby state lawmakers.