Walz to fill in rest of budget puzzle this week
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| | | 'Going big': Walz to fill in rest of budget puzzle this week |
As Gov. Tim Walz issues his complete budget proposal this week, he says heās attempting to invigorate a state that has ālived on our laurelsā of bygone days.
Billions more for public schools, seed money for an ambitious paid-family leave program, large raises for health care workers: Gov. Tim Walz is going big in his budget plans, those heās released already and in forecasting whatās to come.
The two budgets he proposed in his first term also bid high only to be hemmed in by Republican opposition. This time heās got well-placed DFL allies and a giant budget surplus to carry his ideas forward.
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| | Minnesota, seen as abortion haven, still funds ācrisis pregnancy centersā |
Fifty years after Roe v. Wade was decided and seven months after it was overturned, Gov. Tim Walz is set to debut his latest budget that may include the possible end of a little-known 18-year-old program that supports ācrisis pregnancy centers,ā which are non-medical anti-abortion organizations that could deceive pregnant people and discourage abortion.
Since 2005, Minnesota has given over $3 million in taxpayer money every grant cycle to 25 of these centers under the āpositive alternatives grant,ā a program created by former Gov. Tim Pawlenty to discourage abortion.
Now with a DFL hold on the state, Walz says heās ready to end the program. | |
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