Minnesota Senate passes tax bill featuring $4B in cuts
The Minnesota Senate passed its tax bill on Tuesday and will now seek to iron out differences between its plan and those of the Minnesota House and Gov. Tim Walz.
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The Minnesota Senate passed its tax bill on Tuesday and will now seek to iron out differences between its plan and those of the Minnesota House and Gov. Tim Walz.
"We are going to catch up with the rest of the world today with passing paid family medical leave," said Rep. Ruth Richardson, DFL-Mendota Heights.
Students in Richfield watched arguments in the case of Alejandro Cruz-Guzman vs. the State of Minnesota, a case that alleges racial and socioeconomic segregation within Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools.
Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled a hospital couldn't be forced to give a deworming drug to a patient with COVID-19, saying a county judge did not cite a legal basis for ordering the facility to administer ivermectin.
The bill's sponsors see this as a way to beef-up the workforce as the restaurant industry is struggling to find enough help.
Wisconsin's local governments would see at least a 10% increase in funding under a widely anticipated, wide-ranging Republican plan.
Paid family and medical leave are at the top of the agenda today for the Minnesota House. Lawmakers are set to vote on a plan that establishes a state funded program. Today, DFL and GOP leaders weighed in ahead of the vote.
Chief Justice John Roberts declined an invitation to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Supporters say it's important for all Minnesotans to have access to this benefit, but those opposed say it could cripple small businesses.
Minnesota lawmakers began end-of-session negotiations on the roughly $72 billion proposed two-year budget and other unfinished policy priorities as the legislature enters the final three weeks before adjournment.
Minnesota lawmakers began end-of-session negotiations on the roughly $72 billion proposed two-year budget, and other unfinished policy priorities, as the legislature enters the final three weeks before adjournment.
A stop is planned at the Afro Deli and Grill in the Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis to meet the owner who was named the National Small Business Person of the Year.
Republican lawmakers said proposal "creates a simple solution" to food and beverage industry's workforce shortage.
The treasury secretary moved up her estimate of when the U.S. risks defaulting on its debt.
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