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In addition to caring for veterans, the home will provide 120 jobs in Preston, a city that supported the project with more than $1 million in private donations.

Sen. Smith calls on Rawlings to reconsider decision to send Minnesota jobs to China Sen. Smith calls on Rawlings to reconsider decision to send Minnesota jobs to China State and federal lawmakers are pushing back Thursday on a plan to send Minnesota jobs overseas to China. Miken Sports is located in the small town of Caledonia, Minnesota and theyre a major supplier for Major League Baseball. In fact, MLB has a financial stake in the company. CALEDONIA, Minn. (FOX 9) - State and federal lawmaker...

The representative is the latest Minnesota politician to criticize the move. 6:19 pm, Jul. 27, 2021 × U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn speaks at a Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at La Crescent Area Event Center in La Crescent. (Traci Westcott /twestcott@postbulletin.com) Rep. Jim Hagedorn expressed disappointment today over the decision by Rawlings Sporting Goods and its owners, Major League Baseball and Seidler Equity Partners, to close the Miken Sports plant in Caledonia and m...

Minnesota leaders strike budget deal, start gearing up for special session After more than a week of secret negotiations, legislative leaders said they were on the verge of a deal early Monday. The Legislature is set to close out its 2021 legislative session the same day. 1:55 pm, May 17, 2021 × Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, at the podium, addressed reporters in St. Paul after he and legislative leaders, at right, crafted a budget framework in the final hours of the legislativ...

Created: May 13, 2021 04:42 PM (ABC 6 News) - After a successful catalytic converter theft arrest Wednesday, Capt. Scott Behrns with the Olmsted County Sheriffs Office said they have several people considered persons of interest for stealing converters in the area. But the problem is it takes more than good old fashioned police work to catch these thieves.  "Police work is a little bit of luck sometimes and that comes into play here," Capt. Behrns said.  He said it takes minutes...

Legislators still debating dollar amounts in last days of session Jessie Van Berkel, Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/Leila Navidi, Star Tribune/Star Tribune/TNS Gov. Tim Walz talked to children on the playground at the Wilder Child Development Center in St. Paul after holding a news conference there on Monday, May 10. Gov. Tim Walz marked the final stretch of end-of-session budget talks Monday by lamenting how far apart legislative leaders remaine...

Top-income tax increase clears key MN House committee By Minnesota News Network|2021-04-09T06:48:07-05:00April 9th, 2021| Democrats as part of their state budget plan are moving forward with a tax bill, which Dilworth Representative Paul Marquart says… …”provides over a billion dollars of tax cuts and aids to families and workers and businesses.” But the money comes from a tax increase on top-income Minnesotans — a non-starter in the GOP-controlled state Senate.   Republican Represen...

Minnesota House Democrats have introduced a set of bills to raise taxes on top earners, boost education funding and ensure paid sick and safe time for workers.

Minnesota Republicans looking to make PPP loans exempt from state taxes Congress made PPP loans exempt from federal taxes late last year. Author: Minnesota lawmakers are pushing to make Paycheck Protection Program loans exempt from state taxes. On Monday, Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, Republican lead on the House Taxes Committee, sent a letter to committee chair Chair Rep. Paul Marquart, DFL-Dilworth, asking for action on a bill that would exempt PPP loans from state taxes. Davids cited a $1.6...

Under current law, the federal relief loans would be taxed as income in Minnesota.