Minnesota Report The erosion in the base-funding for Minnesota’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund started in 2016. Critics argue House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-31A, Crown) held Iron Range Unemployment hostage to get the reductions in the fund payments from employers....
Minnesota Report We asked the following question of Senate Minority Leader Melissa Lopez Franzen (DFL-49, Edina) C&B: You have conceded the fact that you are not setting the agenda for this legislative session. So, with the fact that this is going to be a session...
Minnesota Report Management and Budget Office Commissioner Myron Frans announced yesterday his departure for a Vice President position at the University of Minnesota. He will be replaced by former MMB Commissioner Jim Schowalter who returns after a stint as CEO of the...
Minnesota Report The following was posted on the MN Management & Budget website. May Interim Budget Projection Minnesota’s budget and economic outlook has significantly worsened since the coronavirus pandemic. A deficit of $2.426 billion is now projected for the...
The Republican Senate Majority is proposing $900 million in tax cuts, and reference the lack of tax cuts for sixteen years. We will remind people those who fail to appreciate history are doomed to repeat it. In 2000, when tax cuts were instituted, removal of the upper...
