AM 1240 WJON » local government aid http://wjon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 05:01:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 St. Cloud Mayor Joins Tax Reform Talks Today http://wjon.com/st-cloud-mayor-joins-tax-reform-talks-today/ http://wjon.com/st-cloud-mayor-joins-tax-reform-talks-today/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:20:54 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=80209 St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is in St. Paul today attending the first of several meetings for a new Tax Reform Advisory Group appointed by Governor Mark Dayton.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wjon.com/st-cloud-mayor-joins-tax-reform-talks-today/feed/ 0 Governor Mark Dayton's Office Governor Taps Kleis to Head Tax Reform Committee [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/governor-taps-kleis-to-head-tax-reform-committee-audio/ http://wjon.com/governor-taps-kleis-to-head-tax-reform-committee-audio/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:57:07 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=72149 St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis will joined Governor Mark Dayton at a news conference this (Thursday) morning. Kleis says he's been asked to chair a statewide committee to discuss tax reform and local government aid to cities.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wjon.com/governor-taps-kleis-to-head-tax-reform-committee-audio/feed/ 0 Governor Mark Dayton's Office House Passes First Wave Of Big Cuts http://wjon.com/house-passes-first-wave-of-big-cuts/ http://wjon.com/house-passes-first-wave-of-big-cuts/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:18:48 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=6187 City leaders from across the state are bracing for what's expected to be cuts to Local Government Aid. In fact, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed the bill yesterday (Thursday) 68-63 that eliminate about $1-billion from the state budget deficit. The Senate is expected to take up their version of the fill next week.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wjon.com/house-passes-first-wave-of-big-cuts/feed/ 0 Getty Images 1st Big Vote On 1st Wave Of Minnesota Budge Cuts http://wjon.com/1st-big-vote-on-1st-wave-of-minnesota-budge-cuts/ http://wjon.com/1st-big-vote-on-1st-wave-of-minnesota-budge-cuts/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:39:39 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=6047 The Republican-led House is taking its first big vote of the year with a bill biting $1 billion off a state budget problem six times as large. The bill seeks savings by cutting allowances to local governments and colleges, freezing state worker pay and forcing agencies to hand over money they had yet to spend.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://wjon.com/1st-big-vote-on-1st-wave-of-minnesota-budge-cuts/feed/ 0