budget
$2.7M in NRP funds comes back too late for some
Minneapolis neighborhoods are set to receive $2.7 million back from the city, but for some it's too little, too late.
The Minneapolis City Council approved a resolution Friday to free up 21 percent of the $12.68 million in unused Neighborhood Revitalization Program funds that were frozen in December in an attempt to soften property tax increases in the city's 2011 budget.MORE »
OPINION | The debate is not about budgets… It’s a war on workers and unions
Since last month's issue of the Labor Review, the events in Madison, Wisconsin have put the right to collective bargaining front and center in the news - and have awakened a sleeping giant.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, using the cover of a budget crisis, sought to strip Wisconsin public employees of their collective bargaining rights.MORE »
Letters from the edge: State leaders warn of precipice ahead
Call them "Letters from the Edge," a flurry of messages last week from state government agency heads and business leaders, summarizing the view from the precipice created by an anti-government, all-cuts response to a $5 billion revenue shortfall. The view is of a shabbier and less fair Minnesota, and also not good for business in the long run.MORE »
No jobs bill, but more than 50 anti-worker bills introduced by GOP in Minnesota state legislature
As the Labor Review went to press, the Minnesota state legislature faced a March 25 deadline for action on major appropriation and finance bills. Members of the new Republican majorities in the Minnesota House and Senate ran in the 2010 election promising jobs.MORE »
Vikings stadium bill: Not dead yet
After a House committee voted 10-9 Wednesday against a proposed Vikings stadium finance bill, many are writing early obituaries for this lateMORE »
Layoffs loom for U of M, MNSCU faculty
With the ink barely dry on the latest round of cuts to higher education funding, the state's public colleges and universities are already bracing for more cuts next year. MORE »
MnSCU faces budget cuts, tuition increases
Cuts passed Monday by the state Legislature are forcing the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to once again trim their budgets.
Under the budget bill's provisions, roughly $10.4 million will be cut from MnSCU in addition to the $50 million unalloted by Gov. Tim Pawlenty in 2009.MORE »
Budget bill headed for governor's desk
A supplemental budget bill that would solve nearly one-third of the state's projected deficit is on its way to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's desk.MORE »
Finance takes center stage
WIth the first deadline behind them, this week will see lawmakers turn more and more away from policy matters and toward financial items, specifically how to tackle the $1 billion deficit that remains for the current state budget cycle.MORE »
On deck next week: Revenue forecast and veto showdown
Next week will see fireworks in the House of Representatives and the final word on how bad Minnesota's state budget situation is before lawmakers have to get to work fixing it.MORE »
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