Pioneer Press Sun, 04 May 2008 23:13:19 -0600
State leaders agree: Ease property taxes. But how?
Minnesota homeowners are paying 82 percent more in property taxes now than they did immediately after the Legislature passed its last big tax reform law, in 2001. During Gov. Tim Pawlenty's five-year reign, taxes on homes have increased 54 percent. With property taxes projected to increase 8 percent next year, Pawlenty and lawmakers are proposing measures to hold down the levies. But the Republican governor and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor-controlled House and Senate have drafted such radically dissimilar plans, reconciling their differences will be difficult. The House is scheduled to vote on its tax bill today. Then, negotiators from the two houses and the governor's tax experts will attempt to hammer out an agreement.
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