Tag: Tim Walz
Stauber asks IRS to reverse tax on rebates, slams Walz for...
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber told Gov. Tim Walz in a letter last week that his “ineptitude” is to blame for the fact that Minnesotans...
The inconvenient truth about public education
Since the summer of 2022, I have volunteered alongside former state legislator Ken Wolf, R-Burnsville, to conduct research related to public education finance in...
Will commission strip the year ‘1858’ or state motto from new...
A task force appointed this summer by the legislature and Gov. Tim Walz is nearing its Jan. 1 deadline to approve a new state seal...
‘Walz checks’ to be federally taxed, IRS says
The Minnesota Department of Revenue announced that this year's one-time rebate checks, sometimes referred to as "Walz checks," will be federally taxed.
In a press...
Minnesota budget surplus now $2.4 billion but deficit looms
Officials with Minnesota Management and Budget announced Wednesday that the state's projected budget surplus now sits at $2.4 billion. However, state officials warned that...
Iowa vs. Minnesota: The future of state fiscal policy
(RealClearWire) — “A tax-cutting wave is sweeping over America’s states,” The Economist claims in a recent feature, and Iowa, it argues, has “emerged as America’s tax-cutting champion,...
Protesters fill meeting at Capitol calling for divestment from Israel
A few dozen Twin Cities-based leftist activists involved in an ongoing anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement called for the Minnesota State Board of...
Group tasked with redesigning state flag and seal received more than...
The clock is ticking on a state commission charged with approving a new design for both the state flag and state seal by New Year's...
Duluth mayor Emily Larson loses reelection to ‘centrist’ Democrat Roger Reinert
Duluth Mayor Emily Larson lost her bid for a third term Tuesday night to self-described “centrist” Democrat Roger Reinert.
Reinert, a Navy veteran, served as...
Minnetonka woman leads grassroots effort to repeal ranked choice voting
A city in the west metro Twin Cities has become ground zero in a larger battle waged by well-funded progressive activists to turn Minnesota into a...