Minnesota Report Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) is pulling a play out of the Governor Jesse Ventura (IP-MN) playbook and proposes to return a portion of the surplus in the form of “Walz Checks.” We expect Ventura will be quick to remind us, too. This is...
National Report Minnesotans over the age of 40 will remember the Jesse Checks sent out after the 1999 Budget Surplus and the 1/3,1/3,1/3 Budget Deal. Because it was a unique event the ability to brand the onetime event by Governor Jesse Ventura (R-MN) was not all that...
It is clear that people in power construct legislation to support those that got them there. Few should be surprised that Republicans design their legislation to advantage the more affluent members of society. House Republican’s are particularly focused on this issue....
Tuesday the Governor’s Sales Tax Rebate was discussed in committee. There was a bill jacketed but there was no number assigned to it. The chief author and sole sponsor is Rep. Dave Bishop (R) district 30B, Rochester. The process that brought this bill forward...
