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Aug 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
NEW: Latest absentee ballot stats in today's #mnprimary, as of this morning:

-462,802 ballots returned and accepted

-644,420 ballots requested

-72% rate of return
Early voting alone in the 2020 primary (462,802) easily exceeds the total number of votes cast in the 2016 primary (294,747).
Hennepin County accounts for 35% of the statewide total of returned absentee ballots.

Lots of competitive races in the county: Ilhan Omar faces Antone Melton-Meaux in #MN05, two DFL state lawmakers face strong challengers, and there's an open Minneapolis City Council seat.
Which close races won't we be able to call tonight?

There were 181,618 absentee ballots outstanding as of this morning in #mnprimary.

Voters can drop off to their county election center by 3 p.m. today or postmark them today (must be received by Thursday).

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Dec 6, 2022
Gov. Tim Walz, speaking to reporters, mentions four priorities for the surplus:

-Expanding child care
-Relief to Minnesotans for inflation, in the form of rebates
-Road and bridge funding
-Public school funding

"We can do all of these things," he says. "It isn't either-or."
Walz says he supports excluding more Social Security income from state tax in 2023.

But he's not committing to a full elimination, which was part of the spring 2022 deal that never passed.
Walz says he's going to propose $1,000 rebate checks per adult again despite being rejected by #mnleg in 2022.

He's open to changing the income limits he proposed earlier this year.
Read 5 tweets
Theo Keith Profile picture
Dec 6, 2022
Minnesota's budget surplus is now projected at $17.6 billion between now and June 2025, per @MMBCommunicates.

The projections will help #mnleg decide short-term spending plans and a two-year budget.
@MMBCommunicates Higher-than-expected tax collections and #mnleg's failure to strike deals in 2022 have contributed to another record surplus, which Democrats now have control over.

Initial story ahead of news conferences that start at 11:45 a.m.:

fox9.com/news/minnesota…
@MMBCommunicates There's the full budget forecast: mn.gov/mmb-stat/000/a… Image
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Theo Keith Profile picture
Sep 21, 2022
.@MNLegAud releases audit of $200 million in state money given by @mnhealth to health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview below. Report here: auditor.leg.state.mn.us/fad/pdf/fad220…
@mnhealth .@mnhealth assigned 35 staffers to review grant applications and recommend awards, but failed to comply with state requirements and get conflict of interest disclosures from the people, auditors found.

This left the state open to potential fraud and abuse, auditors said.
@mnhealth .@mnhealth says the people *did* file conflict disclosures, but the agency didn't retain electronic records of them. That's been fixed, health officials say in their response to the auditor's findings.
Read 4 tweets
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May 21, 2022
Details of #mnleg's deal on taxes:

-Cuts individual income tax rate from 5.35% to 5.10%

-Makes all Social Security income exempt from state taxes

-Makes renter's tax credit refundable

house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/1u-H…
There are several other smaller provisions, but those three together account for $3.4 billion of the $4 billion bill.
Conference committee due back within the hour to discuss (you know the drill on the timing, though).
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May 20, 2022
“There is enough time,” House Speaker @melissahortman says about concerns that some of the largest bills, like health and human services, won’t get done by Sunday.

“Everybody has to get realistic,” Hortman says, and no one will get 75-80% of what they want. #mnleg
I asked which issue areas are in the worst shape.

Hortman says K-12, public safety, health and human services are “tied.”

That’s…a lot. #mnleg
Hortman says the tax bill will definitely have an expansion of the renter’s credit and an individual income tax cut.

That’s about all we know for certain. #mnleg
Read 4 tweets
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Apr 25, 2022
NEWS: St. Paul Police say DFL Rep. John Thompson showed up after officers pulled over his daughter Sunday afternoon, screamed and yelled at police, identified himself as a state lawmaker and handed out his business card during a "chaotic" scene.

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Officers say they stopped Thompson's adult daughter for erratic driving and expired registration. Cops smelled marijuana. As more officers arrived, so did Thompson.

To diffuse tensions, police say they decided to charge Thompson’s daughter out of custody and let them both go.
Police are asking the St. Paul city attorney to charge Thompson's daughter with 3rd degree DWI-test refusal, a gross misdemeanor.

Thompson does not face charges, though police say the case is open.
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