Check out Sunday's "At Issue" with Tom Hauser and hear from our founder and CEO, Annette Meeks, who like most Minnesotans, hopes the state Legislature has sensible priorities this session. Spoiler alert: Stop the spending! From KSTP-TV: In this week’s edition of At Issue, Tom Hauser covers the cost of the free school lunch program, history made in the St. Paul City Council and a preview of …
Archives for January 2024
We’re Old Enough to Remember When Minnesota had an $18 Billion Surplus
Minnesota Looks to Raise Taxes despite Projected $17.6 Billion Budgetary Surplus By: Timothy VermeerTax Foundation Minnesota continues its search for new revenue despite running large surpluses. The good news is that one particularly deleterious proposal, with highly uncertain revenue prospects, has been dropped. The bad news is that lawmakers are still exploring several uncompetitive …
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UN Climate Summit Includes Session on ‘Responsible Yachting’
And the latest winner in the category of “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up”: At the United Nations climate summit (COP28) last month, a session was held outlining what activists could do to practice “Responsible Yachting.” The conference has already drawn criticism for being perceived as elitist and hypocritical, as thousands of politicians and businesspeople have flown to an oil-rich state to …
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