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03/13/18
  • Income and Work
  • Minnesota Tax Credits
  • Housing

As rising rents outstrip Minnesotans’ incomes, affordability policies are under threat

A full-time worker needs to earn $18.60 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment in Minnesota. That’s up from...
12/04/17
  • Income and Work
  • Minnesota Taxes

Rankings of state “business climate” are misleading, fall short of actual measures

Note: I had the opportunity to see Dr. Peter Fisher present on state business climate rankings at the recent Minnesota...
05/17/17
  • Minnesota Budget Plans
  • Minnesota Taxes and Tax Plans
  • Minnesota Taxes
  • Minnesota Tax Credits
  • Minnesota Budget

Balanced tax bill should be the goal; Legislature’s tax bill has a ways to go

There’s more to be done to get to a tax bill that takes a balanced approach between tax cuts and state investments, and...
05/08/17
  • Minnesota Taxes
  • Minnesota Taxes and Tax Plans

Estate tax cuts are one of top priorities in Legislature's tax proposal

We look to our policymakers to best position Minnesota to build on our state's strengths and expand economic security to...