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Federal taxpayers and Legacy funds pay for $3 Million bike bridge
In anticipation of a special legislative session and passage of a Legacy funds bill, Alpha News is taking a look at one of the past projects funded by the constitutionally-mandated sales tax.
Special Session Latest
This week more than 9,000 State Employees are receiving layoff notices stating that they will be laid off if the legislature and Governor cannot pass a budget by July 1st. Negotiations are making progress, but the final details still hang in the air.
Minnesota boaters in limbo, law to require DNR test on invasive species takes effect...
In 2012, when Republicans controlled the House and Senate in St. Paul, a law was passed to address invasive aquatic species. A bipartisan group of legislators at the time opposed the larger game and fish bill for varying reasons, but it still passed the House on a narrow 68-62 vote and in the Senate by a 34-28 vote.
Republicans agree to a Half-a-billion for K-12 Education, PreK programs expanded
Yesterday afternoon Governor Mark Dayton announced he'd accept the offer from Republican House leadership, $525 million in new spending for K-12 education. The amount also includes funding to expand PreK for lower income families.
The Governor originally sought $418 million in K-12 funding plus an additional $1 billion over four years for taxpayer-funded PreK for all Minnesota 4-year-olds. He dropped the plan and accepted the Republican plan to spend more on existing PreK programs, some of which Republicans helped to establish in 2011.
Republicans drop popular reform measure, add $125 million more for K-12
In order to end the budget stalemate, Republicans quickly dropped all reform measures and added $125 million in new K-12 Ed spending on top of the $400 million increase they passed on May 18th.
State’s largest employer sends layoff notices to 9,500 employees today
The State of Minnesota is the largest statewide employer with over 40,000 employees. Today, 9,451 of them received a 30-day notice that they will be laid off if the legislature and Governor can't pass a budget by July 1.
Dayton still wants free breakfast for all Minnesota PreK-1st Graders
Last year--when Democrats had control of the legislature-- $4 million was allocated to expand school lunch and breakfast programs in Minnesota. Of that amount, $569,000 was spent to provide free breakfasts for all Minnesota public-school kindergartners.
A Glimpse into the Future: College Republicans’ Chairwoman Provides Insight into the Next Generation
Minnesota College Republicans' Chairwoman Aly Eichman speaks about the future of Republicanism.
Will Police body camera issue reemerge in special session?
When the legislative session ended on May 18th, there was some resolution on data privacy issues in relation to law enforcement. Legislation was negotiated...
Alpha News Special Session Update
While the majority of Minnesotans spent their Memorial weekend grilling and relaxing, Governor Mark Dayton was busy vetoing an additional two key spending bills, adding to the existing controversy and speculation surrounding the upcoming special session, which was originally generated after his veto on the legislature’s education budget.