Tuesday morning, GOP legislators, led by House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt and Senate Minority Leader David Hann, visited the St. Cloud Regional Airport to discuss the just-ended session. After brief presentations by Daudt and Hann, they opened things up for questions. Rep. Daudt first noted that the DFL legislature raised taxes by “$2.1 billion” and [...] . . . → Read More: GOP flyaround notes
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With Minnesota’s 2013 legislative session in the books, it’s time to total up the DFL’s damage to Minnesota’s economy. The tax increases will hurt Minnesota’s economy the most are the business-to-business sales taxes on warehousing and telecommunications. The warehouse tax has been tried in several states, including Massachusetts. It’s been quickly repealed because it does [...] . . . → Read More: Time to total up the DFL’s damage This article is fantastic news for Minnesotans: DFL legislative leaders say plans to raise the gas tax for road projects and a metrowide sales tax for transit projects are dead for the year. “I would say they’re probably both dead,” said DFL Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk. Senate leaders have been pushing to increase the [...] . . . → Read More: Gas tax increase dead in the water This article is fantastic news for Minnesotans: DFL legislative leaders say plans to raise the gas tax for road projects and a metrowide sales tax for transit projects are dead for the year. “I would say they’re probably both dead,” said DFL Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk. Senate leaders have been pushing to increase the [...] . . . → Read More: Gas tax increase dead in the water This article is the article everyone’s expected since Election Night. Unfortunately, it isn’t the article we’d been hoping for. Thissen, Gov. Mark Dayton and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk of Cook said they agreed on spending targets and will give conference committees a few other guidelines, such as: The sales tax would not rise on [...] . . . → Read More: Dayton, Bakk, Thissen raise taxes When the House DFL voted to artificially increase the use of solar power, they voted to raise the price of electricity on every Minnesotan. Almost. The DFL bill includes a carve-out for companies in northern Minnesota. Rep. Mike Beard has been the expert on energy issues in the House for years. Rep. Beard isn’t known [...] . . . → Read More: DFL passes home electric bill increase |
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