News Coverage of Constitutional Budget Amendments
Minnesota newspapers throughout Minnesota are speaking up against proposed constitutional budget amendments that would create more government gridlock, budget gimmicks and cuts to critical services. It would take a majority vote of the Legislature to send any of these dangerous amendments to the November 2012 ballot. For more information or to get involved, check out our special page on the amendments.
Here's a summary of editorials, columns and stories:
- Supermajority requirements do not lower taxes or spending, Granite Falls Advocate Tribune, March 30, 2012
- Supermajority requirements do not lower taxes or spending, Montevideo American-News, March 22, 2012
- Supermajority rule won't end tax increases, St. Cloud Times, March 17, 2012
- Supermajority rules don't lower taxes or spending, Winona Daily News, March 16, 2012
- Supermajority rule ends up costing more, Albert Lea Tribune, March 16, 2012
- Supermajority rules don't lower taxes, Grand Forks Herald, March 14, 2012
- Amendments show how legislators pass the buck, St. Cloud Times, March 6, 2012
- Commentary: Government by amendment is lazy, risky, Red Wing Republican Eagle, March 6, 2012
- Is Minnesota's ballot the right place to make state law? St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 26, 2012
- MPR News Primer: Supermajority on raising taxes, MPR, February 24, 2012
- Rural cities rally against amendment, Bemidji Pioneer, February 14, 2012
- Study: Supermajority brings tax shifts, St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 10, 2012
- A big year for amendments, New Ulm Journal, February 10, 2012
- Amend politics, not the Constitution, Mankato Free Press editorial, February 4, 2012
- This idea is a bad one: just legislate, West Central Tribune, February 4, 2012
- Fewer referenda, Austin Daily Herald editorial, January 31, 2012
- Tevlin: Letting voters decide on state constitution carries its risks, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, January 31, 2012
- Why amend constitution? New Ulm Journal editorial, January 31, 2012
- Legislature should drop idea for tax-hike 'supermajorities,' Morrison County Record editorial, January 30, 2012
- Legislating by constitution is hazardous, Star-Tribune, January 29, 2012
- Guest view: 2012: The politics of division, Winona Daily News, January 28, 2012
- Super disparities, Hutchinson Leader editorial, January 27, 2012
- A new worry for nonprofits, Star-Tribune, January 27, 2012
- Guest Commentary: Supermajority amendment short-sighted, Montevideo News, January 26, 2012
- CGMC looks to shine light on push for supermajority amendment, Crookston Times, January 26, 2012
- Kill supermajority amendment now, Albert Lea Tribune editorial, January 18, 2012
- Don't raise the bar for state tax increases, Star-Tribune editorial, September 6, 2011
- Diminishing democracy - what budget amendments would mean for MN, Minnesota Public News Service, May 9, 2011
