DFLers aim to restore Minnesota's homestead credit
DFL Reps. Ann Lenczewski and Paul Marquart say property tax payers and local governments are losing out so the state can save more than $500 million.
DFL Reps. Ann Lenczewski and Paul Marquart say property tax payers and local governments are losing out so the state can save more than $500 million.
The infomercial icon visited the White House Friday.
The Timberwolves star was among several players that are dealing with COVID-related issues.
The fair suffered huge financial losses due to COVID-19, but organizers are moving forward with planning "different scenarios" for this summer.
She will be joining Jason DeRusha on the CBS affiliate's Morning Show.
Local and state law enforcement officials have a plan in case a threat arises.
It's a slushy mess in the metro, but snow did pile up in southern counties.
The Washington Post reported Friday that the Trump Administration has shipped out all the vaccines it has already, with none in reserve.
He'll be speaking at noon.
Local government offices will generally be closed on Monday.
It's also been ordered to repay $11,499 in fees taken from Minnesotans.
Hospitalizations are the lowest in Minnesota since October 25.
The B117 variant is believed to be more easily transmitted.
The suburb is looking into what's known as the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, which allows a local government to issue bonds on behalf of building owners who want to finance energy projects. Building owners then pay for the projects through surcharges on their property taxes. In effect, the energy savings finance the projects.
Gov. Dayton and lawmakers earlier this year replaced the homestead market value credit, which lowered many Minnesotans' property taxes, with a new program. But local governments say the new plan is raising property taxes significantly. And poor, rural Minnesotans are bearing the brunt of it.
City officials say merging the two funds will save Minneapolis property tax payers tens-of-millions of dollars a year. Mayor R.T. Rybak says the savings from the merger will help support no increases in the city's property tax levy.
DFL challenger Rick Nolan, rekindling his congressional career 30 years after he last served in the U.S. House, has defeated one-term Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minn., in one of the most closely watched and expensive U.S. House races in the nation.
Hiring workers off of Minnesota's unemployment rolls would earn businesses a $3,000 tax credit under a jobs plan unveiled by Governor Dayton and DFL lawmakers. Those hiring veterans or recent graduates would also get the credit. Dayton says the cost of the $35 million program could be met by closing tax loopholes.
A passion for history led Audrey and Jerry Majerus to restore a 110-year-old one-room school house on their rural property near Fort Ripley, Minn., complete with period school desks and a bell outside the entrance.
The three DFL candidates running for Minnesota's 8th Congressional District debated in Duluth Tuesday often found themselves agreeing on the same policy issues, so they tried to differentiate themselves based on style and experience instead. Tarryl Clark, Rick Nolan and Jeff Anderson will find out next Tuesday who the voters want to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack.
The DNR says hunters have harvested 143,000 deer so far this season, down only 7 percent from the same point last year.
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