Daily Digest for March 1, 2021 Posted at 7:30 a.m. by Michael Olson |
Good morning,
The nature of Minnesota’s legislative session has dramatically changed.
No longer is there a projected deficit to fix. A modest budget surplus is now in the cards, and a big chunk of money could soon be on its way from the federal government.
Differences over how to craft the next budget remain, but the prospect of a protracted stalemate is diminished. [Read More from Brian Bakst]
Key numbers:An estimated $1.6 billion surplus would accumulate by July 2023.State budget will top $50 billion. There’s approximately $4.7 billion in store for Minnesota from the COVID relife package recently passed by the U.S. House..COVID-19 relief package heads to Senate as debate over minimum wage continues The Senate will debate a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and aim to pass it using a process that avoids a Republican filibuster. A battle over efforts to raise the minimum wage still splits Democrats. [Read more from NPR]
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for Republican Party unity, even as he exacerbated intraparty divisions and trumpeted lies about the election. [Read more from the AP]
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