Billion dollar surplus anticipated for new biennium
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Legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton are expected to have more than a billion additional dollars at their disposal.
House passes supplemental budget package
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The House on Friday passed the omnibus supplemental budget bill 75-55.
Supplemental budget bill includes report on overtime, agricultural employers and workers
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While Minnesota Public Radio touts the conventional talking points about this year’s session in What the 2014 Legislature did for you, Bluestem is finding all sorts of goodies in the supplemental budget bill, and we’ll be posting more about them in the coming week. Continue Reading
Legislature has full plate of fiscal issues to resolve before sine die
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On the menu at the Minnesota Legislature right now is a three-course fiscal feast. The $1.23 billion General Fund surplus forecast earlier this year for the current biennium provided the fixings for a tax bill, supplemental spending bill and bonding bill.
House, Senate hash out University of Minnesota funding differences
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Aside from the University of Minnesota’s multimillion-dollar request for construction and upkeep projects throughout its five-campus system, more state dollars are on the line this session.
House, Senate conferees start budget deliberations
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As the conferees for the supplemental budget bill began their work on Tuesday night, the House and Senate chairs had a sense of déjà vu.
House passes wide-ranging supplemental budget bill
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After years of being mired in large budget deficits, the House on Thursday dived into the unfamiliar territory of advancing hundreds of millions of surplus dollars.
House releases ‘inadequate’ $850 million bonding proposal; $125 million cash plan
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Public colleges and university buildings could get some much-needed repair and three civic center projects could be constructed — but funding to continue State Capitol renovations is up in the air.
Fund that helps pay for MinnesotaCare faces deficit
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A state fund that helps pay for MinnesotaCare is estimated to face an increasing deficit in the coming years, the House Health and Human Services Finance Committee learned during its first hearing on its omnibus bill Tuesday.
Funding bump, plus programs for English language learners in omnibus education finance bill
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An increase on the school funding formula and more dollars for English language learners are key pieces to the omnibus education finance bill.