New Senate DFL Targets
The Senate DFL released their budget plan and it's slightly different than the plan circulating around earlier this week. The cuts are deeper because it doesn't include the K12 funding shift anymore. Here are the details:
Cuts
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E-12 Education - $973 million
Higher Education - $221 million
Health and Human Services - $719 million
Agriculture - $12 million
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources - $24 million
Economic Development - $22 million
Transportation - $15 million
Public Safety - $78 million
Judiciary - $53 million
State Government $44 million
Tax Aids and Credits - $240 million
Total Cuts- $2.4 billion
Note: These cuts do not include the federal stimulus money which will backfill some of the money.
Senate Democrats say they also intend to put $2 billion in unspecified new revenue on the table. DFL Sen. Tom Bakk, who chairs the Senate Taxes Committee, said he was leaning towards an income tax increase on wealthier Minnesotans.
You can read more about the plan and reaction to it here.