Tag: Tim Walz
Earned sick and safe time mandate for employers takes effect on...
A new safe and sick time law that was heavily debated in the legislature 11 months ago is set to take effect on New Year’s Day.
Starting Jan. 1...
Walz issues remembrance for Dakota murderers and rapists
In a Dec. 26 social media post on X, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, remembered and seemed to honor Dakota murderers and rapists.
"161...
Federal judge halts Minnesota DFL’s ‘unconstitutional’ campaign finance law
A federal district judge in St. Paul on Wednesday put the brakes on a campaign finance law set to take effect next month that would bar...
Stauber asks IRS to reverse tax on rebates, slams Walz for...
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber told Gov. Tim Walz in a letter last week that his “ineptitude” is to blame for the fact that Minnesotans...
The inconvenient truth about public education
Since the summer of 2022, I have volunteered alongside former state legislator Ken Wolf, R-Burnsville, to conduct research related to public education finance in...
Will commission strip the year ‘1858’ or state motto from new...
A task force appointed this summer by the legislature and Gov. Tim Walz is nearing its Jan. 1 deadline to approve a new state seal...
‘Walz checks’ to be federally taxed, IRS says
The Minnesota Department of Revenue announced that this year's one-time rebate checks, sometimes referred to as "Walz checks," will be federally taxed.
In a press...
Minnesota budget surplus now $2.4 billion but deficit looms
Officials with Minnesota Management and Budget announced Wednesday that the state's projected budget surplus now sits at $2.4 billion. However, state officials warned that...
Iowa vs. Minnesota: The future of state fiscal policy
(RealClearWire) — “A tax-cutting wave is sweeping over America’s states,” The Economist claims in a recent feature, and Iowa, it argues, has “emerged as America’s tax-cutting champion,...
Protesters fill meeting at Capitol calling for divestment from Israel
A few dozen Twin Cities-based leftist activists involved in an ongoing anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement called for the Minnesota State Board of...