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:…
Jeffrey Lopez-Suazo, age 26 of Honduras, wins Minnesota Man of the Day honors for December 3. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon…
State and local taxes and spending KTTC: Property taxes: Where do they go and who sets the amounts? Star Tribune: Opinion | Minnesota’s fiscal system is under serious pressure. Might…
Casual Minnesota consumers of the news or social media are being, not so subtly, influenced to believe that enforcement efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are creating “chaos” and…
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…
On Monday, I wrote about the coming hikes to property taxes in Minnesota. What is causing this? Yesterday, I looked at the pressures coming from federal government action and what…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Ramstad: The next year is going to be tough for Minnesota governments and politics Minn Post: Minnesota has over $5 billion it…
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…
Teachers often make personal sacrifices for their students, purchasing classroom supplies, giving up weekends to grade, coach or chaperone, and choosing a position with comparably low pay. But one extra…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: Ely school levy uncertain KROC: Minnesota Tax Revenues Exceed Forecast by 4.2% in August CNHI News: North Mankato to set preliminary…
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…
In March, I wrote an article titled “Tanking commercial property values in downtown Minneapolis push up residential property taxes.” Across the Mississippi, Ramsey County Auditor Tracy West told the County…
One of the most common complaints about property taxes is that they function like a wealth tax, where the increase in the notional value of an asset — stocks or…
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…
Trade Star Tribune: The last bite: Tariffs, economy and beans are hot topics at Minnesota Farmfest Economic growth WCCO: Is the Twin Cities restaurant scene in crisis? KFGO: Farm and…
The DFL’s left and right go to war. On July 7, 1977, state DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn from Minneapolis addressed a meeting at the Capitol’s State Office Building in St.…
State and local taxes and spending Pine Journal: Walz calls one-day special session of Minnesota Legislature MPR News: Special session called for Monday for legislators to finish Minnesota’s next budget…
The state legislature is said to be working through the holiday weekend to reach an agreement on the next $66 billion two-year budget. The St. Paul Pioneer Press (PP) reported…
Economic growth Star Tribune: Minnesota small-business owners eye tax cut tangled in sprawling federal bill Star Tribune: Market volatility leaves some Minnesotans uneasy about 401(k) retirement investments Star Tribune: Minnesota…
The Monday deadline for Minnesota’s legislators to pass a budget came and went without a budget being passed. We did get an agreement on spending targets for the upcoming two…
State and local taxes and spending Fox 9: Baby bonus, social media tax, sports betting squeeze into tax bills Minn Post: Is the nation’s first social media tax coming to…
After an understandably lukewarm reception of their initial $400 million ask for state funds to cover renovations at Xcel Energy Center, the city of St. Paul and the Minnesota Wild…
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…
The administration of MN Gov. Tim Walz went out of their way to praise the help given by Feeding Our Future (FOF), the free-food fraudsters, amidst the Afghan refugee crisis…