LGA City Spotlight: Mankato The City of Mankato has taken a prominent role in the debate over Local Government Aid (LGA), the $1 billion state program that redistributes state tax money to city governments. Mankato has joined forces with groups like the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities - which claims that state aid cuts have left local governments "running on fumes" - and liberal think tank …
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FFM Bulletin 9/25/08
Governor Pawlenty introduces new education accountability initiative Governor Pawlenty introduced a series of proposals on Tuesday to improve K-12 student performance and bring greater accountability to Minnesota's public schools. Included in this set of proposals is a renewed focus on merit-based teacher pay. School districts and charter schools currently have the option of participating in the …