Property taxes: Direction unknown
One day this week, East Grand Forks Mayor Lynn Strauss picked up his copy of the Grand Forks Herald to find divergent stories on the paper’s front page. On one side, the Minnesota Legislature was...
View ArticleCity lobbies agree on LGA approach
For the past decade, Capitol debates over local government aid (LGA) to cities have amounted to a long and bloody war of attrition. But this year Minnesota’s city lobbying associations have reached an...
View ArticleTaxes: All eyes now turn to Skoe
Now that the Dayton administration and House Democrats have both released their tax plans for financing an ambitious $38 billion state budget that includes 6 percent in spending hikes, the last piece...
View ArticleWorkers’ comp bill moving in both chambers
State lawmakers are introducing a workers’ compensation proposal that business and labor leaders alike regard as the most significant change to the system in 18 years.
View ArticleGary Carlson: Local governments big winners in ’13
From where Gary Carlson sits, the 2013 legislative session proved to be more beneficial to the city governments for which he lobbies than he dared hope when the session began five months ago.
View ArticleLeaders in Public Policy winners will be honored on July 11
State Rep. Karen Clark, who was the lead sponsor of legislation legalizing same-sex marriage, will receive the lifetime achievement award as part of the fourth annual Leaders in Public Policy awards,...
View ArticleLIPP: Public Policy Achievement (Local government aid reform)
Gary Carlson, Patricia Nauman and Tim Flaherty.
View ArticleLevy limit error found in omnibus tax bill
As local governments prepare to submit their preliminary property tax levies to the state, there is confusion in some communities about the specifics of the levy limit that state lawmakers passed in...
View ArticleCities, 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....
View ArticleThe Capitol Note: Ortman exits US Senate race
State Sen. Julianne Ortman left the GOP field for US Senate on Monday after handily losing the party endorsement over the weekend to businessman Mike McFadden.
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