Kelliher releases budget plan
On the same day she debated her two rivals for the DFL nomination for governor on MPR, Margaret Anderson Kelliher released her plan to balance the budget that she says stresses job creation.
The plan seems to show John Gunyou's influence. It looks a little bit like some of the reports the agency he used to head--the state finance department (now called Minnesota Management and Budget)-- puts out.
Some of the highlights include: leveraging federal dollars (most specifically for health care), closing tax loopholes and raising income taxes, spending on roads bridges and transit, and creating new ways to track whether state spending is producing results.
Kelliher also calls for continuing the school payment shift until the economy improves while at the same saying she will "make sure every school has the resources they need to prepare our children for success in the 21st century economy."
She also proposes an "Office of Human Services Inspector General" to root out fraud.
Read the plan here.
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