Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:57 AM EDT2013-05-21 13:57:36 GMT
Just a few hours after the four-month session wrapped up, Minnesota's top elected Democrats are scheduled to do a post-mortem on what lawmakers accomplished.
Just a few hours after the four-month session wrapped up, Minnesota's top elected Democrats are scheduled to do a post-mortem on what lawmakers accomplished.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:15 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:15:20 GMT
A Mankato businesswoman is accused of theft by swindle against her brother. Authorities say Ruth Dutler, owner of Dutler's Bowl contacted her brother, Cole VanHorn, to see if he could help her redeem
Authorities say Ruth Dutler, owner of Dutler's Bowl contacted her brother, Cole VanHorn, to see if he could help her redeem some property that was being foreclosed.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:01 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:01:14 GMT
The city of North Mankato takes another step in adding soccer fields to Caswell Park. City leaders voted Monday night to approve plans and seek advertise for bids on the next phase of the Caswell North
City leaders voted Monday night to approve plans and seek advertise for bids on the next phase.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:58 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:58:41 GMT
Health officials are scrambling to vaccinate one million children against the measles. They are holding emergency vaccination clinics after more than 12–hundred people became infected with the disease
1,200 people have come down with the highly infectious disease so far this year.
MANKATO, Minn. -
Gov. Dayton backs away from his plan to expand the state's sales tax... what was expected to be a huge revenue driver for his budget this year.
A better than expected February budget forecast means additional tax dollars from business-to-business transactions won't be as necessary, though some of the other proposals in Dayton's budget, like the property tax refund and increased education funding may take a hit.
Business owners, meanwhile, are breathing a sigh of relief.
Dave Kruse of Sunstone Creative Group says, "Honestly, fro our perspective, it was a stupid tax to begin with. It would have been something we would have to eat from the onset. Eventually, it's a tax that we have to pass on to our consumers, and ultimately on to their consumers. It just doesn't work for anybody."
The sales tax expansion was expected to bring in more than $4 billion over the next biennium.
