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Category Archives: Public Safety
Legislature makes a budget offer
On Thursday, the legislature presented an offer to Governor Dayton that withdraws $203 million in tax cuts and slightly backs off of spending cuts in some areas. The major elements of the offer include: Withdrawing the $203 million in tax cuts … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Proposals, Education, Environment, Health Care, Higher Education, Public Safety, Taxes, Transportation
Tagged budget proposal, higher education, K-12 education, legislative offer, Public Safety, Transportation
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A tale of two visions: Public safety
Minnesota is projected to spend around $1.8 billion on our courts, prisons and other public safety services in the FY 2012-13 biennium. Given the amount of funding for this area, the level of changes proposed by Governor Dayton and the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Proposals, Public Safety
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Cuts-only approach to budget jeopardizes the safety of families working to escape domestic violence
A cuts-only approach to meeting Minnesota’s needs will jeopardize the safety of families working to escape domestic violence. Proposed Cut: The Minnesota House proposes a 17.5 percent cut to Office of Justice Programs that would result in drastic cuts to domestic … Continue reading
Legislature’s public safety budgets focus cuts on vulnerable Minnesotans
Compared to other areas of the state budget, it appears the court system and public safety services fare well in the budget bills presented by the Governor, House and Senate. However, a little digging reveals some harmful cuts within the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Proposals, Public Safety
Tagged courts, Department of Human Rights, public defender
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Small increases for public safety under Governor Dayton’s budget
Governor Dayton’s public safety budget boosts funding for prisons and public defenders and includes small increases for the courts, but in general holds public safety funding flat. Although the proposed funding levels don’t keep pace with increases in demand for public safety services, this area is spared from deep cuts … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Proposals, Public Safety
Tagged civil legal services, corrections, courts
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Senate moves quickly on first phase of its plan to balance budget
The state Senate has started to lay out the details of the first phase of its budget balancing plan. At a Senate Finance hearing Monday morning, committee chairs presented their budget proposals for higher education; the judiciary; environment, energy and natural … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Proposals, Higher Education, Public Safety
Tagged agriculture, budget proposal, civil legal services, Environment, financial aid, higher education, Judiciary, MnSCU, University of Minnesota, veterans
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Paying for prisons and cutting our courts
Note: Maybe you’ve noticed that we’ve started to post blogs examining different areas of the governor’s budget. Katherine has already written about housing, higher education and workforce development. However, we know that there are people more knowledgeable than us on these issue … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Proposals, Public Safety
Tagged budget, civil legal services, corrections, courts, office of justice, Public Safety
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