Recovery Working, Taxing Budgets, and the Economy at the Fair
August 28th, 2009 at 10:59 am By Chris Shields
Have a great weekend! Here’s your policy news:
Star Tribune: Editorial: Stimulus helped state
If only our state policies had been smarter, the recovery act would have helped even more. Instead, it served as a backstop.
“It’s chilling to think how much longer and deeper that jobs trough would have been without the federal boost.”
AP: $71M in Funding to Create 300 Jobs in St. Paul (via KSTP)
Good jobs, good housing. Looks like a win-win situation.
St. Cloud Times: St. Cloud school board OKs tax hike
Mankato Free Press: 2010 budgets worrisome
“The combination of state aid cuts, stagnant property values and a hesitance to raise taxes has led to the most difficult budget in recent memory.
Blue Earth County lost about $1 million in state aid in 2009 and a similar amount next year in what McCoy bitingly called “a malfunction of the legislative process.”
The city of Mankato will lose about $3 million over the next two years.
In the past, local governments relied on a rising tax base that allowed the tax rate to stay flat. A rising tide lifted all boats.
But the tide went out.”
Minnesota Independent: Report: Many rural women in Minnesota lack access to basic health care
“In Minnesota, one in four women live in non-metropolitan areas, a rate higher than states that are traditionally seen as rural, such as Alabama, Texas and Utah. Forty percent of Minnesotans live in areas where there is no access to primary health clinics.”
KARE: Bad economy shows up at the State Fair
A story that shows the people behind all the facts and figures.
LikeTags: Budget, Economic Recovery, health insurance, Jobs, property taxes, School Funding, St. Cloud
