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Parents and caregivers should save the receipts on school supply purchases in order to claim valuable K-12 tax benefits when they file their taxes next year.

Renters and homeowners are eligible.

Renters and homeowners are eligible.

Minnesota panel to weigh $250 million front-line worker pay plan The group will meet for the first time July 28 and needs to put forth a plan by early September. 3:28 pm, Jul. 21, 2021 × The façade of the Minnesota State Capitol Building in St. Paul. Photo illustration, Shutterstock, Inc. Photo illustration, Shutterstock, Inc. ST. PAUL — A Minnesota working group tasked with distributing $250 million to front-line workers is set to meet for the first time next week. Th...

Minnesotas frontline worker pay group takes shape, $250 million on the line Ahead of a deadline Thursday, lawmakers this week were named to a working group that will allocate pay to workers that used PTO to quarantine or took unpaid leave. 3:50 pm, Jul. 14, 2021 × Dr. Fred Hund, left, a hospitalist at Carris Health – Rice Memorial Hospital, receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered Tuesday morning by nurse Nicole Aleshire in the Carris...

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REGIONAL- Demonstrating that money is potent grease for the wheels of bipartisanship, Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, and House Majority Leader Melissa Hortman used a joint press …

Minnesota will get more money than previously expected from a federal COVID-19 rescue package, and that $2.83 billion is certain to factor heavily into a state budget deal. Prior estimates were that Minnesota’s state government would receive about $2.6 billion. On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department formally issued allocation information and guidance on how it could be spent. The money is on top of what will flow directly to counties, big cities and other government entities around Minnes...

Tax hikes, higher ed, roads highlighted at St. Cloud forum on state budget DFLers in the Minnesota House and executive branch are united in plans to create a fifth tier income tax and raise taxes on households earning more than $1 million, said St. Cloud DFL Rep. Dan Wolgamott Tuesday.  "We are being bold. We are raising taxes on those who can afford to chip in a little more," Wolgamott said from St. Paul during an online budget listening session. Republicans who control the state Senate are ...

A state budget that works for St. Cloud Rep. Dan Wolgamott The 2021-2022 Minnesota state budget is the most important in a generation as we work to help Minnesotans recover from the historic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m working with the Walz Administration and my legislative colleagues to pass a budget that fills the needs of St. Cloud. Last week, I held a Budget Listening Session with Revenue Commissioner Robert Doty to get direct feedback from my constituents on their pri...