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Josh Verges, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 30 March, 2023  The Minnesota Legislature's education budget bills call for big increases to general funding formulas, plus dedicated money for school support staff, literacy initiatives, after-school grants and building a more...

Seth Rowe. Sun Newspapers, 21 February, 2023  The executive director of Building Assets, Reducing Risks and supporters visited the Minnesota State Capitol Feb. 15 to testify during the House Education Finance Committee with Chair Cheryl Youakim (DFL-Hopkins) in...

Steve Abrams. Session Daily, 21 February, 2023  K-12 schools in Minnesota are funded by a combination of state aid and local property taxes. Some school districts operate in communities that have a low tax base, though, making it difficult to provide comparable...

Seth Rowe. Sun Newspapers, 26 January, 2023 Two longtime legislators representing St. Louis Park, Hopkins and a section of Edina find themselves in influential positions this year. Sen. Ron Latz (DFL-St. Louis Park) is prominently the chair of the Senate Judiciary and...

Hutchinson Leader, 1 January, 2023 The challenge of buying a used vehicle might involve fewer unknowns thanks to one of several new laws passed during the Minnesota Legislature's 2022 session, which took effect Jan. 1. The law, sponsored by state Rep. Cheryl Youakim,...

The “dream big” approach seems to have worked in forging a compromise tax bill. The two tax chairs came in with one highest-priority item on each of their to-do lists, and they both made it intact into the final bill announced Saturday afternoon. For the Senate, it...

This article belongs to MnFIRE. View the article on the MnFIRE website here. In July 2021, the state legislature passed the most comprehensive firefighter well-being legislation in the nation. The bipartisan Hometown Heroes Assistance Program (HHAP) dedicates $4...

This article belongs to Session Daily. View the article on the Session Daily website here. They call it a “circuit breaker.” Minnesota’s property tax refund program is intended to keep low-income households from becoming overloaded with tax burden, just as a circuit...

This article belongs to the Star Tribune. View this article on the Star Tribune website here. Three of the most sleep-inducing words in the English language are surely "historic tax credit." But please, remain awake. This is important, because tax policy details have...