Last week, I wrote about “worldwide combined reporting,” an element of both the House and Senate budgets. It’s a bit of a technical measure, but this shouldn’t obscure just what…
Criminal trials have been postponed to 2024. Two unrelated civil lawsuits are now closed. The Feeding Our Future scandal has spawned a cottage industry in courtroom activities, at the state…
This week the state House of Representatives passed a new employer mandate for paid family and medical leave. HF 2 will impose a new tax on employers to fund paid…
Minnesota’s media is doing its dutiful best to sell the various tax packages swirling around the Capitol as “tax cuts.” WCCO, for example, reports: “Minnesota Senate passes tax bill featuring…
Since the Minnesota Management and Budget announced a historic surplus in November 2021, American Experiment has called on legislators to give that money back to Minnesotans through permanent income tax…
The state Senate released its budget yesterday, meaning that we finally have all three budget proposals. These will now be knocked together into a final bill. How do the three…
Even in the face of a record-breaking budget surplus, Democrats continue to treat Minnesota businesses with contempt. The 2023 legislature will create new taxes, raise others and pile on job-crushing…
A line of credit has been added to the state parks’ budget bill to backstop initial construction costs at the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora. The Bismarck Tribune…
The Department of Human Services is the biggest consumer of the state’s budget — and it’s hungry for more.
Since Minnesota Management and Budget’s (MMB) announcement in November 2021, Minnesota’s historic $7.7 billion surplus has only grown. According to the most recent update from MMB, Minnesota’s net general fund…
On Monday, House Democrats unveiled their Omnibus tax bill — HF 1938. Among the numerous provisions in the bill, a couple of things that we have written about at the…
Proponents of the proposed paid family and medical leave time off payroll tax say low-income residents stand to gain the most from the DFL-backed legislation. Never mind that the $1…
Minnesota’s forecast budget surplus represents a historic opportunity to help put our state on the right track and make it somewhere people want to move to — not, as it…
The legislature started putting together the state budget this week, passing several omnibus bills off the Senate and House floor. So far, they are sticking to the budget targets agreed…
During the pandemic, the federal government provided trillions of spending through numerous programs in an effort to help Americans weather the pandemic. Among the numerous programs created was a program…
In February, as the bill for a paid family and medical leave (PFML) scheme was sailing through committee hearings at the capitol without any estimate of what it would cost,…