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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Daily Digest: House passes tax cut bill

The Minnesota House voted Thursday to cut taxes by $1.35 billion, the opening gambit in budget negotiations.
by Mike Mulcahy

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MN Senate passes revised Real ID bill

The Senate has passed a modified version of the Real ID implementation bill that it voted down several weeks ago. The vote late Thursday night was 60 to 7.
by Tim Pugmire

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Reinsurance plan lands before Dayton

Gov. Mark Dayton isn't saying yet if he'll accept the measure attempting to shore up the individual insurance market, where customers have seen premiums jump and insurers have suffered losses.
by Brian Bakst

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House starts budget push with tax-cut bill

In a sign of weight GOP puts on tax cuts, House Republicans make $1.35 billion relief package the first budget measure to gain a vote.
by Brian Bakst

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Daily Digest: Insurance and the environment

A deal on reinsurance, but the governor may not be on board.
by Mike Mulcahy

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MN GOP tax plan: cuts for business, mid-income earners

Senate Taxes Committee Chair Roger Chamberlain called the plan an effort to make taxes "simpler, more predictable, fair and sustainable" within the state's budget limits.
by Tim Pugmire

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‘Stand Your Ground’ bill heads to House floor

Gun rights bill forwarded to House floor for an eventual vote. Gov. Dayton vetoed a similar plan before.
by Brian Bakst

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Daily Digest: Walz is in

Another Democrat enters the race for governor.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Transit backers warn of metro bus cutbacks

Transit backers warn of metro bus cutbacks

Mass transit supporters are warning that the Republican budget proposal in the Minnesota House would result in big cuts to metro area bus service.
by Tim Pugmire

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