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Walz proposes first sales tax cut in state history to balance budget
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan presented their 2025 biennial budget on Thursday, January 16. As per Walz’s office, the budget includes the first sales tax cut in state ...
Disability advocates express concern over proposed Walz budget cuts
Some Minnesota disability advocates are expressing concerns about Governor Tim Walz’s budget proposal. On January 16, Walz ...
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Walz’s sales tax cut and expansion push back, governor preparing for Trump tariffs
Among Gov. Tim Walz’s roughly $66 billion budget is something he says has never been done in Minnesota: cut the state’s sales tax. “For the first time in Minnesota history, reducing the ...
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Gov. Walz pitches sales tax changes and trimming spending in budget proposal
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz's budget proposal would make changes to sales tax collections and trim state spending in an effort to stave off a steep shortfall in future years. "While we have ...
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Gov. Tim Walz recommends changes to Minnesota sales tax, cuts for disability services in upcoming budget
Walz is calling for the overall statewide sales tax to be cut from 6.875% to 6.8%, meaning Minnesotans would pay $7.5 cents less on every $100 they spend. That amounts to a $95 million cut to ...
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Walz budget calls for zeroing out state funding for light rail operating costs and tapping 2024’s transit tax revenue
Transit and environmental advocates who pushed for the sales tax to expand rather than maintain transit are not happy with ...
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How Walz’s proposed ‘tax cut’ would actually raise $108 million a year to help state budget
Tim Walz on Thursday proposed a budget outline ... s fastest growing areas and to offer what he termed the first sales tax cut in history. By reducing the state portion of the sales tax from ...
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Walz 2025 budget would lower Minnesota sales taxes, add them to legal, financial services
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's proposed budget offers the first-ever cut to Minnesota's sales tax rate — but it would also expand the tax into new professional services. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's ...
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Governor Tim Walz establishes State Fraud Investigations Unit
Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension established a centralized state fraud investigations unit on Friday, following ...
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Walz unveils slimmer Minnesota budget, pitches sales tax cut
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz discusses his two-year budget plan Thursday at the Minnesota Department of Revenue in St. Paul. Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with ...
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Governor Walz encourages Minnesotans to claim Child Tax Credit
As tax filing season begins, Governor Tim Walz is encouraging Minnesotans to claim the Child Tax Credit when filing their ...
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Gov. Tim Walz recommends changes to Minnesota sales tax, cuts for disability services in upcoming budget
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for spending cuts Thursday in a $65.9 billion two-year budget proposal that includes a modest reduction in the overall state sales tax but new taxes on services like ...