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Walz seeks gas tax, education spending hikes in budget
By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)
— Gov. Tim Walz pro-
posed a $49 billion “Bud-
get for One Minnesota”
Feb. 19 that raises the state
gas tax 20 cents to pay
for road and bridge im-
provements and includes
signifi cant increases in
spending on education.
In his fi rst budget pro-
posal, the new Demo-
cratic governor called
for $733 million in new
spending on pre-kinder-
garten through 12th grade
education over the next
two years. That includes
a $523 million boost in
state aid for school dis-
tricts by increasing the
basic per-pupil funding
formula by 5 percent over
two years.
Much of the talk
around the Capitol this
session has been about
bipartisan cooperation.
Walz now faces GOP
opposition, especially in
the Senate where Repub-
licans have a three-vote
majority.
Democrats
who lead the House were
broadly supportive. Walz
said Republicans should
recognize that his bud-
get refl ects the campaign
promises that got him
elected by a wide margin.
“I think they will come
to the table, have a spirited
debate, and we’ll reach a
compromise, and we will
invest in a Minnesota that
works for everyone,” Walz
said at a news conference.
But Republican lead-
ers said they oppose the
governor’s plan. It comes
amid a $1.5 billion budget
surplus, though that’s ex-
pected to shrink a bit in
the next revenue forecast
later this month.
“This fi rst budget is the
kind of budget you get
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SIGNED BY: Karim Moor
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908231
MINNESOTA SECRETARY
OF STATE CERTIFICATE
OF ASSUMED NAME
Minnesota Statutes, 333
The filing of an assumed name
does not provide a user with exclu-
sive rights to that name. The filing
is required for consumer protection
in order to enable customers to be
able to identify the true owner of a
business.
ASSUMED NAME:
North Metro Lawn and
Landscape
PRINCIPAL PLACE
OF BUSINESS:
1454 Louisiana Avenue S
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
NAMEHOLDER(S):
North Metro Excavating LLC
1454 Louisiana Avenue S
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
I, the undersigned, certify that
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or as agent of the person(s) whose
signature would be required who
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document on his/her behalf, or in
both capacities. I further certify
that I have completed all required
fields, and that the information in
this document is true and correct
and in compliance with the appli-
cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-
utes. I understand that by signing
this document I am subject to the
penalties of perjury as set forth in
Section 609.48 as if I had signed
this document under oath.
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SIGNED BY: Jason Folkerts
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February 28,
March 7, 2019
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when you promise every-
one everything,” Senate
Majority Leader Paul
Gazelka said. House Mi-
nority Leader Kurt Daudt
dubbed it “One Expensive
Minnesota.”
On health care, Walz
proposed cutting premi-
ums on the state health
insurance exchange MN-
sure by 20 percent and
creating a tax credit to
ensure that Minnesotans
who buy health insurance
on the individual market
spend no more than 10
percent of their income
on health care. He would
also create a statewide
public buy-in program
called ONECare Minne-
sota to expand coverage
choices on the individual
market.
For rural Minnesota,
Walz proposed $61 mil-
lion in additional aid
to cities and counties, a
$70 million “moonshot”
to ensure that all house-
holds in rural Minnesota
have high-speed internet
access, and more money
to help rural communi-
ties cope with child care
shortages.
“This budget puts for-
ward the single great-
est investment in greater
Minnesota in the state’s
history,” he said.
Including the gas tax in-
crease, higher vehicle reg-
istration fees and vehicle
sales taxes, and a 1/8 cent
Twin Cities metro sales
tax increase, the budget
would generate $1.9 bil-
lion annually that would
be reserved for roads,
bridges and mass tran-
sit. The money would let
Walz return $460 million
to the general fund that
now goes to transporta-
tion funding so that the
money can be spent on
education instead.
Walz’s budget also pre-
sumes that lawmakers will
prevent the automatic ex-
piration of a 2 percent tax
on health care providers,
which funds programs
that include the Minne-
sotaCare health plan for
the working poor. The
governor said letting it ex-
pire would create a nearly
$1 billion defi cit by 2023.
But the Republican lead-
ers framed that as a tax
increase.
His budget would also
raise taxes as the state
syncs its tax code with the
2017 federal tax overhaul,
by conforming to federal
provisions on business
taxes. He said the money
would enable cutting tax-
es on farmers and small
businesses by over $200
million, expand a tax cred-
it for nearly 47,000 lower-
income working families
by an average of $227 per
month, and make Social
Security benefi ts tax-free
for 56 percent of Minne-
sota seniors and lower for
many others.
Walz plans to release
details next week of a
$1.27 billion public con-
struction borrowing bill.
It would include $300 mil-
lion for higher education
split between the Minne-
sota State and University
of Minnesota systems.
Minnesota is the only
state currently where
Republicans control one
chamber and Democrats
control the other, but the
state had divided govern-
ment to some degree dur-
ing six of previous Gov.
Mark Dayton’s eight
years.
“Every budget in divid-
ed government is diffi cult
because we come from
two very different points
of view, and at the very
end we have to come to-
gether and fi gure it out,”
Gazelka said.
Wayzata Troop 283 welcomes girls
into its ranks for the fi rst time
Feb. 1 marked
the change for
Scouts BSA
By JASON JENKINS
[email protected]
Wayzata Troop 283
has offi cially welcomed
its fi rst group of girls
after the Boy Scouts of
America’s decision to lift
the rule that the youth
organization was exclu-
sively for boys.
Feb. 1 marked the
change for the 109-year-
old Boy Scouts, which is
now called Scouts BSA.
Boys and girls ages 11-
17 are welcome to join,
all working under the
same guidelines and able
to work their way up to
the top rank of Eagle
Scout. Cub Scouts, the
organization’s program
for younger kids, began
allowing girls to join last
year.
Wayzata Boys Troop
283 began in 1915 and is
the oldest continuously
chartered troop in Min-
nesota.
Charter organizations
have included Wayzata
Public Schools, Way-
zata American Legion,
Wayzata PTA, Wayzata
Community
Church
Men’s Club, Wayzata
Lion’s Club and, cur-
rently, Wayzata Commu-
nity Church, which has
served the troop since
1958.
“It’s kind of an in-
teresting dichotomy to
have the oldest troop
in Minnesota and now
this brand new troop of
girls,” said Mike Law-
rance, recruitment chair
for Troop 283.
Lawrance said 14 girls
are part of the fi rst all-
girl troop in Wayzata. He
and other troop leaders
began recruiting in Sep-
tember, primarily from
Wayzata Central and
West Middle Schools.
And while most of the
girls live in Plymouth
and Wayzata, Lawrance
said the troop is open
to anyone who wants to
join.
“We would welcome
a girl from anywhere
to join our troop until
maybe a troop forms in
her area because they’re
not forming everywhere
right now,” he said.
Lawrance said while
the boys and girls will
learn and experience
many things together,
they will be in two stand-
alone troops. He said
this will help ensure that
there are ample leader-
ship opportunities for
both groups.
“The girls will get the
most opportunity for
leadership and not have
to share that with the
boys, which is why the
BSA wanted it done this
way instead of having
co-ed troops,” Lawrance
said.
Jey
Thoennes,
a
13-year-old
Wayzata
West Middle School stu-
dent who lives in Plym-
outh, is a member of the
inaugural girls’ troop.
She said it’s exciting to
be part of a new chap-
ter for an organization
that’s been around for
more than a century in
Wayzata.
Thoennes said she de-
cided to join after hear-
ing about the opportu-
nity in September at a
troop booth at the James
J. Hill Days Festival in
downtown Wayzata.
“I did Girl Scouts be-
fore, but it didn’t give me
the kind of experience
that I wanted,” she said.
“And I’ve loved camping
all my life, so I thought it
would be fun.”
And while it’s a long
ways out, the young
scout said she hopes to
one day earn the title of
Eagle Scout.
Thoennes’ mom, Jessi
Semann, serves as the
troop’s assistant scout-
master. Semann’s signifi -
cant other, Travis Hol-
land, is the scoutmaster
for the troop.
“Travis and I ap-
plied together because
we thought we would
be a really good fi t as
far as leading the girls,”
Semann said, pointing
to her time in the U.S.
Marines and Holland’s
experience becoming an
Eagle Scout when he was
in the Boy Scouts.
And while Semann will
help oversee the troop,
she said her ultimate role
is to help train and guide
the girls through the pa-
trol process.
“Scouting in general
really places a lot of the
leadership and the orga-
nization on the scouts
themselves,” she said.
“I’m really trying to help
them develop leadership
skills and run with it and
see if their ideas work.
They’ll learn from their
failures and they’ll learn
from their success.”
For more information
on Girls Troop 283, visit
troop283girls.net.