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Happy Tax [Fairness] Day!
Monday, April 18th, 2016
Minnesota has one of the most progressive tax systems in the country, thanks to efforts by Governor Dayton and the DFL legislature a few years ago, Governor Dayton and the …
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It's Tax Fairness Day!
Monday, April 18th, 2016
It’s tax [fairness] day! Minnesota has one of the most progressive tax systems in the country, yet on tax day (and every day), Republicans complain that the sky is falling. …
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Minnesotan Priorities? Bad Bills From The GOP.
Friday, April 15th, 2016
We’re halfway through the short ten-week legislative session and the introduction of new bills has slowed while committee and floor debate has increased. But despite the ticking clock, Republicans in …
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Highlights of the Senate Budget Targets.
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
Senate DFLers released their supplemental budget targets this week, prioritizing expanding education opportunities, investing in transportation, improving equity for workers and families, and moving Minnesota forward in a responsible …
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RELEASE: Equal Pay Day a Reminder of Partisan Division.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
ST. PAUL – Today is Equal Pay Day, representing the point in the year to which women have to work to make the same salary as a man in their …
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Happy Equal Pay Day?
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Happy Equal Pay Day! For all of you women out there, this is how far into 2016 you’ve worked to make your 2015 salary stack up with the average man’s …
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Daudt tells Tea Partiers: GOP Transportation plan will starve our budget.
Monday, April 11th, 2016
Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-Zimmerman/Crown/Stanford Township) admitted at a recent Tea Party event that the GOP transportation “plan” would “starve out” the general fund, which is used to pay …
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Biggest Losers in Republican Budget Targets: Education, Working Families.
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Today, House Republicans released their supplemental budget targets for the session. It’s bad enough Republicans are releasing budget targets with only six weeks of session left, after the first committee …