Republican 2020 Vision, Hindsight or Foresight

Minnesota Report Yesterday’s, press conference by the Republican Senate majority discussed much of what they had done in the past legislative session and more what they would like to do during the 2020 session. The issues and initiatives advanced by Senate Majority...

Walz’s Numbers Don’t Add Up Well

Minnesota Report Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) was a social study teacher and not a math teacher, so its not all surprising to learn that the numbers in his budget don’t add up well for the economically disadvantaged and this is in large part because there is not a...

Finally, Dayton Plays Hardball

Governor Mark Dayton (DFL-MN) has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet and is tying emergency school funding to his consideration of a Tax Bill. Republicans want to establish Federal Conformity and many rural Republicans want to also conform to Federal Tax Provision...

Accessing the 2018 Revenue Forecast

The Revenue Forecast is set for release at 9:15 am on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. The Office of Management and Budget will only be releasing the amount at that time, then have a press conference to announce the details at 12:15 pm. As we often do we have been...