State and local taxes and spending Kanabec County Times: Where do your taxes go? The Ely Echo: City levy hike at 5.06 percent Rochester Post Bulletin: Letter: Another option for…
State and local taxes and spending Rochester Post Bulletin: 81% of Olmsted County homeowners will see their taxes go up in 2026. What are the options for relief? Pine Journal:…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Budget battle brewing between mayor and outgoing Minneapolis City Council Duluth News Tribune: Local View: Minnesota has to stop treating taxpayers like…
State and local taxes and spending 105fm: Minnesota Property Tax Collections Set To Rise By $950 Million KFGO: Minnesota property owners brace for tax increases Alpha News: Candidate questions county’s…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: City tax hike at 6.54 percent Sun This Week: Apple Valley levy, taxes on the rise Sun Current: Edina council adopts…
Regulation Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Minnesota’s wild rice standard demands compromise Grand Forks Herald: At Iron Range hearing, miners warn of closures if wild rice rule enforced St. Cloud…
State and local taxes and spending KTTC: Digging Deeper: Rochester’s state aid shortfalls lead to rising taxes Ely Echo: County tax increase coming Duluth News Tribune: St. Louis County Board…
Labor market KROC: Rochester Jobless Rate Rises Despite Record Employment KRWC: Wright County Unemployment Takes a Jump in June State and local taxes and spending KROC: Minnesota Ends Fiscal Year…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minneapolis City Council votes to study how to tax the rich Star Tribune: St. Paul schools to pitch $37 million tax increase…
Regulation Star Tribune: Ramstad: Effort to change the ban on noncompetes emerges in the Legislature KAXE: ‘Blue Dog’ Dems vote to roll back paid sick leave at small farms, businesses…
Slowly, but surely the realization the new administration means business in scrutinizing previous policies and cutting programs that do not align has begun to hit home. Rochester public school officials…
State and local taxes and spending Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota Democrats look for money to stave off federal cuts — and other labor news WCCO: Proposal in Minnesota Legislature would repeal…
Minnesota beaches may never be the same, following a unanimous state Supreme Court ruling this week overturning a woman’s indecent exposure misdemeanor conviction on the grounds that men, transgender individuals,…
State and local taxes and spending WCCO: Minnesota Legislature to return from break Monday with budget battle ahead Austin Daily Herald: Sen. Gene Dornink: Financial pressures mounting KROC: Minnesota Tax…
It’s difficult to get a handle on the scope of the federal budget cuts coming down from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But the cancellation of billions of dollars…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is expected to conduct a “town hall” meeting in Rochester tomorrow (Saturday) morning at a local high school auditorium. It’s part of his multi-state tour, conducting…
Last November residents overwhelmingly rejected the operating referendum that would have supplemented the annual budget of Dover-Eyota public schools by $1 million annually. Since then, officials of the small southeastern…
The homeless camps in Rochester may be fewer and farther in between than before the city passed a ban on such activity in public spaces. But the time and money…
Less than a year out from implementation of the paid family and medical leave program, the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce warns many small businesses face economic turmoil unless lawmakers…
Economic growth KRFO: Young People Are Leaving Minnesota By The Tens Of Thousands Pine Journal: Richest 1% of Minnesota families own nearly one third of the wealth, data report says…
Economic growth NFIB: NFIB Minnesota members support lessening the burden of high taxes and unnecessary mandates KFGO: AI’s impact on Minnesota workers State and local taxes and spending Winona Post:…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: The nuts and bolts — and necessity — of county tax levies Star Tribune: Ramstad: With Legislature in chaos, at least lawmakers…
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy should have checked with his agencies’ customers in Minnesota and North Dakota before giving himself an “A” at a congressional oversight hearing last week in Washington.…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minneapolis council, Mayor Frey seek lower property tax hike as budget talks begin MPR News: Minneapolis City Council’s budget committee reduces proposed…