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5/12/2013 10:14:43 AM
Saint Paul, Minnesota - Governor Mark Dayton, Speaker Paul Thissen, and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk today announced agreement on spending and revenue targets for the FY 2014/15 state budget. These targets provide the framework for a fair and responsible budget that invests in the middle class.
The agreement reached by Governor Dayton and DFL leaders:
Governor Dayton, Speaker Thissen and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk released the following statement:
"When the legislative session began, we shared the goal of progress for Minnesotans on education, job creation, and better government. This budget delivers on our promise of progress.
"We agreed that we needed to put middle class Minnesotans first. We agreed on the need to invest in education, from early learning through higher education. We agreed it was time to put fairness back in the tax system, close the deficit, and balance the budget for the long term without games or gimmicks. Today, we are pleased to announce a budget framework agreement that accomplishes these priorities and moves Minnesota forward.
"Our plan eliminates the projected $627 million deficit and balances the state budget for the next two bienniums with no gimmicks or shifts. We pay back, in the next biennium, all of the money still owed to our schools. We make historic new investments in education, including early childhood scholarships and funding to provide all-day kindergarten for all of Minnesota's children. We make major new investments in new job-creating incentives for businesses to locate or expand in our state. And we spend $400 million to provide very significant property tax relief for Minnesotans, while asking the very wealthiest Minnesotans to pay their fair share in income taxes."