Tag: State budget

Minnesota 2020 Journal: Bread and Circuses
By John Van Hecke April 27, 2012
Minnesota 2020 Journal: Lipstick on a Shutdown Pig
By John Van Hecke March 16, 2012
Why Housing is a Bonding Bill Priority
By Colleen O'Connor Toberman, Guest Commentary February 16, 2012
Minnesota 2020 Journal: Seizing an Opportunity
By John Van Hecke February 03, 2012
Governor’s Bonding Bill: Good for Minnesotans
By Glen Johnson, Business Manager IUOE, Minnesota February 01, 2012
Bonding Homes, Bonding Communities
By Lee Egerstrom January 24, 2012
Minnesota 2020 Journal: New Leader, Same Failed Policy
By John Van Hecke December 23, 2011
Some Conservatives Get It on Infrastructure
By Conrad deFiebre December 21, 2011
Perfect Market for Borrowing and Building
By Conrad deFiebre December 20, 2011
Tuesday Talk: How does Minnesota get back on the path to prosperity?
By Joe Sheeran December 06, 2011
The Revenue Blues
By Michael Diedrich November 02, 2011
“No-new-tax” Property Tax Increase
By Matt Entenza October 25, 2011
Kitchen Table Conversations: Inhumane Cuts to Family PCAs
By Tom Niemisto October 19, 2011
VIDEO: Public Health Starts at Community Level
By Tom Niemisto October 03, 2011
A Great Place but for How Long?
By John Van Hecke September 20, 2011
Calculating the Bonding Bill’s Jobs Impact
By Tyler Hanson July 28, 2011
VIDEO: Cuts and Shift Budgets Move Minnesota Backwards
By Tom Niemisto July 25, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: Borrow & Starve
By John Van Hecke July 22, 2011
Preparing for a 2013 Shutdown
By Tyler Hanson July 18, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: Chaos under Heaven
By John Van Hecke July 15, 2011
Kitchen Table Conversations: I Want My Minnesota Back!
By Joe Sheeran & Tom Niemisto, Communications Staff July 13, 2011
Despite Conservative Rhetoric, Spending Down
By Jeff Van Wychen, Minnesota 2020 Contributor July 11, 2011
VIDEO: Shutdown’s Uncertainty Bad for Business
By Tom Niemisto July 11, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: Starving the Beast Starves Schools
By John Van Hecke July 08, 2011
The Great Revenue Nose Dive
By Jeff Van Wychen, Minnesota 2020 Contributor July 07, 2011
Value-added Public Service
By Lee Egerstrom July 05, 2011
Tuesday Talk: What’s the worst of a shutdown?
By Joe Sheeran July 05, 2011
VIDEO: Conservative-created Craters
By Tom Niemisto July 04, 2011
VIDEO: Temporarily Out of Service
By Joe Sheeran July 01, 2011
Still in the Shadows With An Uncertain Future
By Tom Judd, Tim Nelson, & Steve Hayes, Guest Commentary June 29, 2011
Tuesday Talk: What’s the cost of a shutdown?
By Joe Sheeran June 28, 2011
VIDEO: Nonprofits Bracing for the Shutdown
By Tom Niemisto June 23, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: My Own Private Wisconsin
By John Van Hecke June 17, 2011
VIDEO: Workers Face a Shutdown
By Tom Niemisto June 16, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: A Shutdown Ain’t Nothin’ but a Shutdown
By John Van Hecke June 10, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: If You Think I’m Cranky Now…
By John Van Hecke June 03, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: My Hometown Commencement Address
By John Van Hecke May 27, 2011
VIDEO: Workers React to Budget Stalemate
By Tom Niemisto May 26, 2011
Budget Reverses Health Care Gains
By Julie K. Schnell, Minnesota 2020 Contributor May 26, 2011
We are Better Than That
By John Wayne Barker, Guest Commentary May 24, 2011
Tuesday Talk: How will the state budget uncertainty impact you?
By Joe Sheeran May 24, 2011
Tuesday Talk: What cuts/tax increases would you make?
By Joe Sheeran May 17, 2011
Getting What You Pay For: A Case for Balance
By Lee Egerstrom May 17, 2011
Job Creation by the Wealthy Mostly a Myth
By Myles Spicer, Minnesota 2020 Contributor May 09, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: It’s Time for Compromise
By John Van Hecke May 06, 2011
Conservatives’ Budget Would Put the Brakes on Economic Recovery
By Lee Egerstrom April 28, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: When the Numbers Don’t Add Up
By John Van Hecke April 15, 2011
Tuesday Talk: What capital/construction projects should be prioritized?
By Joe Sheeran April 05, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: Seeing Trolls
By John Van Hecke March 25, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: The Worst Kind of March Madness
By John Van Hecke March 11, 2011
Staying Focused on Building a Better Minnesota
By Shar Knutson, Guest Commentary March 02, 2011
Tuesday Talk: How do we keep St Paul from becoming Madison?
By Joe Sheeran February 22, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: One Plan Short of a Plan
By John Van Hecke February 18, 2011
VIDEO: Consequences of Cutting Budgets
By Tom Niemisto February 14, 2011
Freezing Revenues at a 20-Year Low
By Jeff Van Wychen January 26, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: A Texas-Sized Conservative Public Policy Problem
By John Van Hecke January 14, 2011
Shifty Budget Solutions Have Run Their Course
By Jeff Van Wychen December 21, 2010
Limited Property Tax Hikes for 2011?
By Jeff Van Wychen December 06, 2010
Minnesota 2020 Journal: Thanksgiving’s Public Policy Object Lesson
By John Van Hecke November 26, 2010
Three Ways to a Balanced Budget
By Jeff Van Wychen November 14, 2010
Enough with the “No New Taxes” Myth
By Myles Spicer, Guest Commentary November 10, 2010
Stimulated and Growing: Multiplying the Recovery Act’s Minnesota Impact
By Conrad deFiebre November 09, 2010
Minnesota Taxes Remain “Just About Average”
By Jeff Van Wychen November 08, 2010
Big, Bloated Government Mostly a Myth
By Myles Spicer, Guest Commentary October 27, 2010
Budget Cuts Likely to Cause More Business Property Tax Hikes
By Jeff Van Wychen October 12, 2010
What More Aid & Credit Cuts Look Like in MN Communities
By Jeff Van Wychen October 11, 2010
Tax and Regulatory Complaints Historical Red Herrings
By Myles Spicer, Guest Author September 30, 2010
What’s Included in Horner’s Expanded Sales Tax Base?
By Jeff Van Wychen September 29, 2010
Aid Cuts and Property Tax Increases in Delano: A Case Study
By Jeff Van Wychen September 22, 2010
Deconstructing Emmer’s Spending Growth Claim
By Jeff Van Wychen September 16, 2010
Emmer’s Faux Claims on Revenue, Spending Growth
By Jeff Van Wychen September 15, 2010
VIDEO: Locals React to Tax Report
By Joe Sheeran September 07, 2010
Governments Owe Minnesota Schools More Than Half a Billion
By John Fitzgerald, Education Policy Fellow September 02, 2010
Minnesota 2020 Property Tax Report: 2002-2010
By Jeff Van Wychen August 31, 2010
Minnesota Cities: Change in Taxes, Aid and Revenue
By Jeff Van Wychen August 31, 2010
When It Comes to School Finances, No News is Not Good News
By Jeff Van Wychen August 23, 2010
Shifting Transportation Funding Out of Neutral
By Conrad deFiebre August 05, 2010
Locals Tighten Belts Far More than State Government
By Jeff Van Wychen August 02, 2010
Minnesota Leads the Nation in Declining Revenue
By Jeff Van Wychen July 26, 2010
Let's Not Erode Minnesota's User Pays Transportation Model
By Conrad deFiebre July 21, 2010
1,500 Metro Area Educators to Lose Jobs
By John Fitzgerald June 17, 2010
Gov. Pawlenty's Attack on Minnesota 2020 Report Falls Flat
By Jeff Van Wychen June 02, 2010
Minnesota Since 2002: Declining Public Investment, Faltering Economic Performance
By Jeff Van Wychen June 01, 2010
State Underfunding Forces More Schools to Four-Day Weeks
By John Fitzgerald, Education Policy Fellow May 24, 2010
Years of Education Funding Shifts Nothing to Be Proud Of
By John Fitzgerald, Education Policy Fellow May 18, 2010
General Fund Spending Drops Seven Percent Over Past Decade
By Jeff Van Wychen May 10, 2010
Time to Close Corporate Tax Loopholes
By Jeff Van Wychen April 29, 2010
State's K-12 Education Cuts Run Deep
By Jeff Van Wychen April 26, 2010
Generic Rants About Taxation Don't Help
By Jeff Van Wychen April 15, 2010
Governor's Plan Could Leave Thousands Uninsured
By Nina Slupphaug, Health Care Policy Associate March 29, 2010
School Finances on Decade-Long Starvation Diet
By John Fitzgerald, Education Policy Fellow March 10, 2010
"Freedom" Rhetoric Doesn't Change Minnesota's Bottom Line
By Jeff Van Wychen March 04, 2010
MN2020 Journal: A Bad Idea is Still a Bad Idea
By John Van Hecke February 19, 2010
On Our Way to Average: Ranking Minnesota's Economic Performance
By Jeff Van Wychen January 15, 2010
Minnesota's Revenue & Spending Problems
By Jeff Van Wychen December 31, 2009
MN2020 Journal: In the Bleak Midwinter
By John Van Hecke December 11, 2009
Contemplating a Fair, Equitable Tax Base
By Jeff Van Wychen October 09, 2009
Minnesota's Public Employment and Payroll Shrinking
By Jeff Van Wychen October 05, 2009
Schools to Pay Millions to Cover Governor's IOU
By John Fitzgerald, Education Policy Fellow October 01, 2009
Minnesota's Education Roof Has Already Failed
By John Fitzgerald, Education Policy Fellow September 23, 2009