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网页6 天之前 — U.S. government unveils charges against Iranians who hacked into Trump 2024 campaign BY: Ashley Murray - September 27, 2024 WASHINGTON — U.S. law enforcement on Friday announced charges against three Iranians who allegedly stole materials from former President Donald Trump’s campaign and tried to pass them to news media and Democrats in an attempt to influence the 2024 election.
Takeaways from Gov. Tim Walz’s 2024-25 budget proposal
网页2023年1月25日 — Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday proposed a historic budget that gives money to working class and low-income Minnesotans, and invests in a range of government programs aimed at improving education, housing and health and child care. Walz’s budget would give checks to over 2.5 million Minnesotans, provide tax relief to …
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网页2024年9月6日 — BY: Peter Rachleff - September 2, 2024. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters’ strikes. These strikes changed the course of history and the lives of tens of thousands of working people. They transformed Minneapolis from one of the country’s most notorious anti-union citadels into a …
Minnesota has biggest budget surplus in its history
网页2021年12月7日 — Minnesota budget officials reported a record $7.7 billion projected budget surplus on Tuesday, an eye-popping sum that sets the stage for state lawmakers to debate how to spend the money, the result of increased consumer spending, higher corporate profits and better-than-expected tax collections. “This is what responsible policies look like ...
Minnesota’s next two-year budget targets, explained
网页2023年3月23日 — Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders agreed this week to spend nearly all of the state’s $17.5 billion budget surplus, with the largest amount of new money going to tax credits and cuts, infrastructure projects and K-12 education. Using almost all of Minnesota’s surplus over the next biennium propels spending for fiscal years 2024-25 to ...
5 things to know about Minnesota’s historic $17.6 billion projected ...
网页2022年12月6日 — Minnesota lawmakers will have a projected $17.6 billion available to spend this upcoming session after Minnesota Management and Budget published its latest forecast Tuesday. Strong tax collections, low spending and the estimated $7 billion surplus the Legislature left untouched last session have contributed to the projected budget surplus, said Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim
Minnesota lawmakers approve 9 major worker-friendly changes
网页2023年5月17日 — Democrats are also advancing a host of other labor bills that will create a statewide paid family and medical leave program, expand unemployment eligibility for hourly school workers and give hospital nurses a greater say in staffing levels. Here are nine major labor changes in the labor bill passed by the Legislature, which the governor’s ...
Megatrends: 10 trends that will shape Minnesota’s future
网页2023年5月5日 — Since then we have held on to eight seats. In 2020 by 89 people we held on to the eighth seat. If current trends continue, Minnesota will likely lose a congressional seat in 2030. Losing the seat means less influence in Congress. It is one less electoral vote in a presidential election. It is less federal aid.
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Minnesota’s economic recovery in 8 charts
网页2021年8月3日 — Minnesota’s labor force participation rate fell to 67.8% in April 2020, the lowest in at least 30 years. It recovered over the summer only to drop again and has remained below 68% for most of 2021 so far. Still, Minnesota’s labor force participation rate remains far above the nation’s as a whole. Earlier in the pandemic, when jobs were ...