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2011-2012 legislative legacy: longest-ever shutdown, assaults on collective bargaining
Member involvement needed for this fall’s elections to stop the attacks
Grace period extends dependent health-care and dental audit to May 31
MAPE members strongly encouraged to submit their documents by new deadline
Employer breaks off mediation on your contract! Call the governor and ask him to send his team back to the bargaining table!
Contract negotiations update: remaining issues include health care and compensation
Team MAPE supports MAPE friendly candidates and legislation. Our issue priorities include: achieving fair compensation for state employees, fixing our broken health care system, preventing outsourcing and privatization of state services and protecting our pension and retirement benefits.
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GOP Tax Bill increases deficit, harms middle class Minnesotans
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 12:01pm

All session long the Legislative Majority claimed that they were going to create jobs.  As the session draws to an end, there are no jobs in sight.  Why?  The answer lies in priorities, and the GOP leadership would rather provide tax relief to corporations than create good paying, middle class jobs. 

Earlier this week the GOP House leadership passed a tax bill that would increase the state’s deficit by $145 million in the next year and over $1 billion in the next decade.    The state of Minnesota already faces a deficit of over $3.5 billion for 2013 - which begs the question:  Why not create jobs rather than raid surplus general fund revenue to put more money into corporate coffers?   Not only will corporations benefit, but homeowners might very well be on the hook to make up the difference through higher property taxes. 

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Dayton thwarts GOP attempt to pass ALEC legislation; more corporations sever ties with ALEC
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 1:55pm

ALEC is having trouble getting its legislation signed into law thanks to Governor Dayton’s veto pen. The GOP-controlled Legislature keeps sending ALEC model legislation Dayton’s way, but the governor has stood strong, recognized the thinly veiled proposals and has prevented ALEC from dominating the 2012 session:

http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2012/04/asbestos-bill-veto-was-daytons-7th-related-alec-efforts

In addition, two fast food giants, McDonald’s and Wendy’s, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are the newest ALEC members to sever ties with the conservative non-profit:

http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/23599

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New studies tell a familiar story: Racial disparities in assets
Oct 19, 2011
Two new reports from a national think tank look at financial security and opportunity in Minnesota, and find that Minnesota as a whole does better than the national averages, but worse than national averages when it comes to communities of color....
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State revenue and cash flow steady, but economic worries remain
Oct 12, 2011
First the good news. The State of Minnesota started out the first quarter of the FY 2012-13 biennium with higher-than-expected revenue. From July through September, the state collected $59 million above estimates, up about two percent from earlier...
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Going full circle on the cycle of advocacy – tell your story
Oct 6, 2011
As the leaves fall, many of us are bracing for the next legislative session and continuing our advocacy for critical state services.  But we also know that the cycle of advocacy is a complete circle—including raising awareness of the consequences of...
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