Posts Categorized: State Budget

What will budget cuts mean for Minnesota’s parks and water?

Posted March 31st, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, Funding for the Environment, Legislature, Parks and Trails, State Budget, Uncategorized, Water.

Last night, Steve Morse was interviewed on Fox 9 News about the Minnesota Legislature’s cuts to environmental funding. Here’s the story:

MEP testifies against finance bill that threatens MN’s clean water heritage

Posted March 22nd, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, Energy, Funding for the Environment, Health, Legislature, State Budget, Water.

Steve Morse testifies about why HF1010 falls short of budget recommendations for the environment and also threatens Minnesota’s Great Outdoors heritage of clean lakes, rivers and streams.

Budget Bites: House and Senate lay out an all cuts strategy for balancing the budget

Posted March 10th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Funding for the Environment, Legislature, State Budget.

On Thursday, the House and Senate released their budget “targets” for resolving the state’s $5.0 billion budget deficit for FY 2012-13. The targets set the amount each finance committee must cut (or increase) within their area of the budget.

Budget Bites: Big change in deficit number doesn’t mean our budget troubles are over

Posted February 28th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Funding for the Environment, State Budget.

When the state’s February forecast was released Monday morning, the news was surprising: Minnesota’s budget deficit for FY 2012-13 had fallen from $6.2 billion to $5.0 billion (or $6.0 billion if the cost of inflation is included).

Budget Bites: In case you missed our Governor’s Budget Briefing

Posted February 21st, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Energy, Funding for the Environment, Legislature, State Budget.

Around 100 participants joined us for the Minnesota Budget Project’s Governor’s Budget Briefing on Friday, in which Abigail Read of Minnesota Management and Budget provided an overview of Governor Dayton’s budget recommendations.

Budget Bites: Dayton uses a balanced approach to balance the budget

Posted February 15th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Funding for the Environment, State Budget.

This morning, Governor Dayton presented a budget proposal that takes a balanced approach to solving the state’s $6.2 billion deficit through a combination of spending reductions and revenue increases.

Minnesota Budget Project to hold briefing on Governor’s Budget

Posted February 4th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Energy, Funding for the Environment, Great Lakes, Legislature, Parks and Trails, State Budget, Transit and Transportation, Water.

Governor Dayton will release his budget plan on Feb. 15. Come get a look at the details Feb. 18, at 1 p.m., from Abigail Read, Executive Budget Coordinator at Minnesota Management & Budget.

BUDGET BITES: First budget-cutting bill headed to House and Senate floors

Posted January 27th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Funding for the Environment, Legislature, Parks and Trails, State Budget.

[Editor’s note: In an effort to help inform our members about state budget issues, Minnesota Environmental Partnership is working with the Minnesota Budget Project to cross-post updates about the budget.]… Read more »