Met Council will push for sales tax hike for LRT line
Without a requested $81 million in bonding from the state, the Metropolitan Council is hoping for a metro-area sales tax increase to finance the state’s share of the Southwest Light Rail Transit line.
View ArticleDebate heats up for state transportation priorities
Members of the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce panel and about 100 attendees generally agreed that the state’s infrastructure needs reinvestment, but there was plenty of room for debate about priorities...
View ArticleWill Southwest rail cuts trim development potential?
Many solutions for reducing the budget, including shortening the line in Eden Prairie and cutting stations and park-and-rides, would reduce the amount of developable land along the line.
View ArticleTransportation chairs see room for compromise
BY JANICE BITTERS | Staff Writer The transportation committee chairs in the Minnesota Senate and House said Friday they are confident they can get a comprehensive funding bill passed in the next...
View ArticleChamber’s outlook: Hold the exuberance
Business leaders hoping for insight for the coming year got slightly divergent views at a monthly TwinWest Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday.
View ArticleDrumbeat for tax repeal gets louder
With the start of the legislative session just weeks away, business leaders are ramping up opposition to three unpopular new taxes.
View ArticleMove to repeal taxes faces some hurdles
The biggest challenge facing the repeal of business-to-business taxes may be the desire of some DFL leaders to first increase reserves and eliminate “accounting gimmicks.”
View ArticleHey MN, Obamacare really wasn’t meant for you
Census Bureau figures show that only about 8.7 percent of Minnesotans lacked insurance compared to 15.6 percent for the country as a whole.
View ArticleMN chamber has yet to join big push for road funding
The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce says repealing a battery of tax increases from the 2013 session, not transportation, is its priority at the moment.
View ArticleBill calls for ‘gross receipts’ sales tax on gas
A state transportation bill introduced last Friday includes a gas sales tax that would help road improvement funds keep pace with inflation.
View ArticleMet Council will push for sales tax hike for LRT line
Without a requested $81 million in bonding from the state, the Metropolitan Council is hoping for a metro-area sales tax increase to finance the state’s share of the Southwest Light Rail Transit line.
View ArticleDebate heats up for state transportation priorities
Members of the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce panel and about 100 attendees generally agreed that the state’s infrastructure needs reinvestment, but there was plenty of room for debate about priorities...
View ArticleWill Southwest rail cuts trim development potential?
Many solutions for reducing the budget, including shortening the line in Eden Prairie and cutting stations and park-and-rides, would reduce the amount of developable land along the line.
View ArticleTransportation chairs see room for compromise
BY JANICE BITTERS | Staff Writer The transportation committee chairs in the Minnesota Senate and House said Friday they are confident they can get a comprehensive funding bill passed in the next...
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