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Gov. Tim Walz unveils $52.4 billion budget aimed at leveling COVID's uneven toll Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune/Star Tribune/TNS Gov. Tim Walz previewed the education spending plan for 2021-22 in a news conference Monday. Gov. Tim Walz proposed a $52.4 billion state budget Tuesday that would raise taxes on the wealthiest Minnesotans, corporations and tobacco products while trying to ease the pandemic's burden on students, lower-income families and small business owners. The governor's budget plan comes as national quest...

Copy shortlink: Gov. Tim Walz proposed a $52.4 billion state budget Tuesday that would raise taxes on the wealthiest Minnesotans, corporations and tobacco products while trying to ease the pandemic's burden on students, lower-income families and small business owners. Walz said the next budget needs to address the uneven economic toll the coronavirus has exacted. He planned to raise taxes for families earning more than $1 million while offering a tax cut to about one million couples making less than $39,810. "This is a starting point. This is a budget that reflects Min...

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