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Minnesota House Republicans introduce bill that would give school boards across the state the final say on when students return to the classroom during the pandemic
Proposed changes to Minnesota's property forfeiture laws received initial approval in a state House committee on Friday, advancing a bill that proponents say would be more equitable for low-income residents.
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About 21,000 households would have an average tax increase of $8,072 per return under the proposal, the governor s office said. (Shutterstock)
TWIN CITIES, MN Gov. Tim Walz is proposing a tax hike for the wealthiest Minnesotans to make up a $1.28 billion funding gap caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The tax increase is a part of the governor s so-called COVID-19 recovery budget introduced Tuesday.
Walz s proposed tax hike would apply to people with the following incomes: $1 million (as married, filing jointly).
$750,000 (as the head of household).
$500,000 (as single).
A total of 21,000 households would have an average tax increase of $8,072 per return under this proposal, the governor s office said.
A painful look at Minnesota s deadliest outbreak COVID has revealed cracks old and new in the state and nation s long-term care system.
By EDITORIAL BOARD Star Tribune December 19, 2020 8:57pm Text size Copy shortlink:
In a pandemic that has become a daily deluge of numbers new cases, new deaths, testing positivity rates an important Dec. 13 Star Tribune story about COVID-19 s rampage through a Twin Cities senior center brought back into focus the lives lost to the pandemic.
Leonard Smokey Novak, a 91-year-old who loved hamming it up as bingo night s emcee. Joan Wittman, 88, who kept a well-worn Bible at her bedside. David McCawley, 81, a former postal worker who celebrated Halloween in