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Tag: LGA

Local Government Aid: Actions Speak Louder than Words
By Jeff Van Wychen September 15, 2014
Most County Governments Shrinking
By Jeff Van Wychen May 20, 2014
Frozen State Aid is Declining State Aid
By Jeff Van Wychen April 22, 2014
LGA Increase Did What it was Supposed To
By Jeff Van Wychen December 16, 2013
The Infancy of LGA
By Tom Berg, Guest Commentary November 18, 2013
2013 Legislature Enacts Major Reforms to LGA
By Jeff Van Wychen October 07, 2013
Map: How Much Funding is Your City Receiving?
By Jeff Van Wychen September 30, 2013
2013 Tax Act Restores Badly Needed Local Funding
By Jeff Van Wychen September 23, 2013
New Tax Act Provides Direct Property Tax Relief
By Jeff Van Wychen June 12, 2013
LGA Map: What Your City Will Receive
By Jeff Van Wychen March 27, 2013
LGA Must Keep Pace with Inflation and Population Growth
By Jeff Van Wychen March 25, 2013
Cities Compromise on LGA, Reach Historic Agreement
By Jeff Van Wychen March 20, 2013
The Governor’s LGA Proposal: Impact by City
By Jeff Van Wychen February 06, 2013
Fiscal Fairness Moving Forward: Business Property Tax
By Jeff Van Wychen January 21, 2013
Fiscal Fairness Moving Forward: Property Tax Relief
By Jeff Van Wychen January 16, 2013
“No-new-tax” Property Tax Increase
By Matt Entenza October 25, 2011
VIDEO: How Many Cuts Can Communities Survive?
By Tom Niemisto October 17, 2011
Saying it with Conviction Doesn’t Make it Correct
By John R. Van Hecke May 25, 2011
VIDEO: Impact of “Cuts Only” in Fergus Falls
By Tom Niemisto March 14, 2011
Minnesota 2020 Journal: What’s in a Name?
By John R. Van Hecke February 11, 2011
Minnesota’s Tax Fairness Retreat
By Jeff Van Wychen January 18, 2011
Property Taxpayers’ Shrinking Fiscal Equity
By Jeff Van Wychen January 11, 2011
The Freshman Legislator’s Dilemma: Local Government Aid
By Jeff Van Wychen November 22, 2010
Aid Cuts and Property Tax Increases in Delano: A Case Study
By Jeff Van Wychen September 22, 2010
Minnesota 2020 Property Tax Report: 2002-2010
By Jeff Van Wychen August 31, 2010
Minnesota Cities: Change in Taxes, Aid and Revenue
By Jeff Van Wychen August 31, 2010
Locals Tighten Belts Far More than State Government
By Jeff Van Wychen August 02, 2010
Minnesota City Spending Falls Further Below U.S. Average
By Jeff Van Wychen June 14, 2010
Pawlenty's Unilateral Cuts Continue Shifting Budget Problems to Local Communities
By Jeff Van Wychen September 02, 2009
When Fact Checking Becomes "Fact Distorting"
By Jeff Van Wychen July 25, 2009
Bleeding Communities Dry: How LGA Cuts are Hurting Rural Minnesota
By Jeff Van Wychen March 15, 2009
LGA: A Local Government Perspective
By Joseph Strauss, Guest Commentary January 19, 2009