Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Gov. Mark Dayton, in his first appearance since having back surgery late last year, will outline his proposed budget for the next two years.
Laying out financial plans for the next two years, and with a Democratic controlled Legislature out in front of him, Gov. Mark Dayton will address both the public and public servants at the Minnesota State Capitol this morning. You can watch streaming video, live, courtesy of the UpTake right here as Dayton will lay out a series of tax hikes, line-item increases and an expected payment shift for Minnesota schools in his address. It's the first public appearance for Dayton since he had back surgery in Rochester, MN last month. Media outlets such as Minnesota Public Radio are saying the budget could have a big impact on Dayton's political future. The first-term governor has not hinted whether or not he will run again for the state's top seat…
Friday, January 4, 2013
With so many challenges on the table, Patch wants to know what issues you think are most important.
With another legislative session just around the corner, senators and representatives have no shortage of challenges ahead of them. Lawmakers plan to convene hearings on gun control in the wake of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT. They’ll review a recommendation from a governor-appointed task force to increase gas taxes and tab fees in response to a projected $50 billion shortfall in transportation funding. The DFL majority and defeat of the marriage amendment in the 2012 election could even prompt the Legislature to take up the issue of gay marriage. And looming over everything is a projected $1.1 billion deficit that legislators will have to close before adjourning for the year. With so many issues on the …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Both the House and Senate remain in recess
The overarching message to Minnesotans is “Be ready.” That comes from Gov. Mark Dayton’s Chief of Staff Tina Smith and Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter. Smith and Schowalter sounded cautiously optimistic in a conference call with media on Tuesday afternoon. “There are a lot of assumptions right now,” Schowalter said. “But it is important to remind everyone that normal operations will not resume immediately. The bills must pass both bodies and then be signed into law by the governor.” Schowalter said that while the timing and enactment of the bills are still uncertain, after Dayton signs them, money will become available to the respective agencies the following day. It’s “unlikely,” Smith said, that state workers …
Agreements on all finance bills reached.
Minnesota legislators have been called back to their seats and an end to the government shutdown appears just hours away. Gov. Mark Dayton called for a special legislative session to begin 3 p.m. today—19 days into the shutdown of Minnesota government—after approving preliminary versions of nine legislative bills totaling $35.4 billion over the 2011-2013 biennium. Legislators have resolved some of the session’s more contentious bills—on K-12 education, state government, jobs and economic development, taxes and higher education. The public safety/judiciary, transportation and environment bills were given the nod Monday afternoon, a day after legislators agreed in principle on a $11 billion Health and Human Services bill. No mention was …
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Rosemount, Dakota County residents, local governments deal with shutdown of state.
Editor's note: In the coming days, Rosemount Patch will be closely following the state shutdown and the impacts it has on the community. This page will constantly be updating with fresh links to new stories regarding the shutdown. Hopefully it will help keep all the news you want in a centrally located place. The links are listed in chronological order, with the newest stories, and the date they posted, at the top. Gov. Mark Dayton told MPR News on Friday that budget negotiations between himself and GOP lawmakers need a “breather.” The governor said he is willing to listen to proposals and even meet with Republican leaders over the weekend but if no offers were made he would “reach out” to them sometime on Tuesday. The governor met with …
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district board of education will hear a report on the preliminary 2011-12 budget on Monday.
Among the agenda items for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district board of education at its Monday meeting is hearing a preliminary report on the 2011-12 budget. Administrators will ask the board to approve issuing $15 million in aid anticipation certificates, a short-term borrowing measure that is meant to get the district through an anticipated negative cash flow period this summer; administrators also will ask for approval to open a line of credit, another longer term safety net to counteract negative cash flows. Jeff Solomon, the district's director of finance and operations, said previously that delayed state aid and a property tax shift are the reasons the district is anticipating negative cash flow for 52 days this summer…
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Rep. Tara Mack (R-District 37A), Apple Valley, said the targets represent a fiscally responsible plan.
This week, Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature released their budget targets, which will become more detailed in the next couple weeks. Rep. Tara Mack, (R-District 37A), Apple Valley, said the general targets point toward ending the trend of continuous deficits in the state, and "of spending more than what we're taking in." "I think that these targets reveal a fiscally responsible plan," Mack said. Mack said the targets set overall priorities for tax relief and structural reform. The Legislature will begin putting together specific bills in the next couple weeks that will reveal more details in the budget targets. Week's highlights Here’s what happened last week with some bills authored or co-authored by Apple Valley's legislators: …
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The district will use about $5 million in federal education jobs funding in 2011-12, so the remaining amount it will have to fill with cuts or added revenues is $3.4 million.
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district has recommended a reduction of nearly 48 full-time positions—about 27 of those teaching positions—and several other cuts and revenues as part of the $8.5 million it plans to adjust for 2011-12, according to information released Tuesday. About $5 million of the $8.5 million in recommended adjustments is from one-time money from federal education jobs funding, district Communications Director Tony Taschner said, meaning the budget steering committee made its other adjustment suggestions to the tune of $3.4 million. Were the federal funding not available this year, the district would have planned to cut about 80 additional positions and other services, according to a release. The staff cuts …
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Seventy-four teachers who signed on to the early-retirement plan will receive $15,000 each in their health care savings plans.
Anticipating the need to adjust its 2011-12 budget by several million dollars, the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district board on Tuesday voted 4-0 to enact a one-time incentive plan for 74 teachers who elected to retire early, at the end of the 2010-11 school year. The district will pay $15,000 into the health care savings plans of each participating teacher, which will be at least cost-neutral for the district because fewer teachers will be paid at high levels on the salary schedule, district Director of Human Resources Tom Pederstuen said. Pederstuen said he thinks there could be long-term cost savings from the measure, but because the district doesn’t necessarily know how much earlier than planned the participants are retiring, …
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Check out what you might have missed on the site last week.
Former Apple Valley massage therapist Lawrence Martin Valencour was sentenced in Dakota County Court to 11 years in prison for sex crimes he committed in 2008 against several massage clients. Rep. Tara Mack (R-District 37A), Apple Valley, introduced a bonding request for $9 million for remaining portions of Cedar Avenue construction not yet funded; the bill may be addressed long down the road. Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal, released Tuesday, yielded a mixed bag for District 196, including more funding for all-day kindergarten but a delay in repaying shifted state aid funds to schools. Think Mutual bank, which has been open in Apple Valley for a little more than a month, held a grand opening ribbon-cutting. The Minnesota Zoo's grandma …
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3:04 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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