Policy Reports: Fiscal
Fiscal Policy
2010’s
- Saint Paul Minimum Wage Study Committee Final Report (August 2018) Saint Paul Minimum Wage Study Committee Webpage
- Saint Paul PILOT/SILOT Project (August 2017)
- Improving Public Engagement in Minnesota’s Local Budgeting Process (January 2017)
- Developing the Civic Infrastructure to Launch Family Prosperity Demonstrations (November 2013)
- Fiscal Disparities Letter to Legislators and Enclosure (April 2013)
- Statement on Tax Expenditures (January 2013)
- Edina Budget Workshop Findings (December 2011)
- Statement: Cuts in “tax spending” should be considered for budget solution (May 2011)
- Common Cents Public Participation Findings (March 2011)
2000’s
1990’s
- Building a Legacy of Better Value: Choose Reform, Not Declining Quality (August 1995)
- Minnesota Homestead Property Tax Review 1994 (August 1994)
- Minnesota’s Budget Problem: A Crisis of Quality, Cost and Fairness (July 1993)
- Minnesota Property Tax Review: 1991 (June 1991)
- Summary: Remaking the Minnesota Miracle — Facing New Fiscal Realities (October 1990)
1980’s
- Cut Tax Exemptions, Boost Equity and Accountability (October 1988)
- Statement: Changing the Fiscal Disparities Law (January 1988)
- Statement: Governor’s Current Budget (April 1987)
- A First Class Property Tax System (March 1987)
- “It’s Only a Game:” A Lottery in Minnesota (February 1986)
- (February 1986)Statement: Fiscal Disparities (October 1985)
- Statement: Preserving Metro Tax-Base Sharing (September 1985)
- Statement: State’s Budget Crisis (August 1984)
- Statement: Taxes and the Economy (November 1983)
- Statement: Citizens League Opposes Unfunded Shifts to Balance Budget(December 1982)
- Thought Before Action: Understanding and Reforming Minnesota’s Fiscal System(October 1982)
- Amicus Curiae Brief: McCutcheon v. Minnesota (1981)
- Statement: State Expenditures and Taxation for 1981-1983 (April 1981)
- Statement: State Budget and Property Tax Issues in 1981 (March 1981)
- Statement: Status Report on Spending-Tax Decisions in 1981 (December 1980)
- Statement on Property Tax Relief (March 1980)
1970’s
- Background Report to: A More Rational Discussion of Taxes and the Economy(October 1979)
- Statement on Regional Financing (April 1979)
- Local Discipline, Not State Prohibition (October 1978)
- Statement: Circuit-Breaker Monitoring (January 1976)
- Reducing Property Tax Inequities Among Taxpayers and Cities (March 1975)
- Amicus Curiae Brief: Burnsville v. Onischuk (1973)
- State Fiscal “Crises” are Not Inevitable: 3 Basic Proposals To Help Minnesota’s Governor and Legislature Cope with Complex, Rapidly-Changing Issues (June 1972)
- Supplemental Statement on Revenue Distribution (August 1971)
- Statement to Senate and House Tax Committees (June 1971)
- New Formulas for Revenue Sharing in Minnesota: To Balance Local Government Needs with Overall State Fiscal Objectives (September 1970)
- Statement on Proposed Non-Property Taxes for Minneapolis (April 1970)
- Organizing Fiscal Information for Public Policy Purposes (January 1970)
1960’s
- Statement: Non-Property Revenue for Local Government (May 1969)
- Breaking the Tyranny of the Local Property Tax (March 1969)
- Dissent: Breaking the Tyranny of the Local Property Tax (March 1969)
- Letter to Stafford King, State Auditor (November 1968)
- Tax Relief and Reform Proposal (May 1967)
- Statement on Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 20: An Amendment Increasing the Taxing Authority of the Minneapolis Library Board (August 1966)
- City of Minneapolis Financial Condition and Structure: Proposed Charter Amendments 20 and 21 (April 1966)
- Property Tax Assessment Reform (May 1965)
- Core City-Subruban Subsidies: Parts of the Banovetz Thesis Summarized(December 1964)
- Minnesota Property Tax Assessment Procedures (April 1963)
- Recommendations to Improve the Public Employees Retirement Association(March 1961)
- Proposed Legislation to Enable a Levy of City Income Tax or Earnings Tax (March 1961)
- Equalization of Property Assessments (December 1960)
- Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 18: Tax on Local Telephone Service(October 1960)
- Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 17: Prohibiting Borrowing for Current Expenses (October 1960)
- Proposed Minneapolis Charter Amendment 17: Prohibiting Borrowing for Current Expenses (October 1960)
1950’s
- City of Minneapolis Budget Committee: First Progress Report (August 1958)
- Reply to the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation on Borrowing Policy (June 1958)
- City of Minneapolis 1958 Budget Review (November 1957)
- State and Local Taxes in Minnesota (October 1957)
- Resolution on Proposed Property Tax Increase for Minneapolis (March 1957)
- Resolution on Rules Application to Liquor Licenses in Minneapolis (March 1957)
- State of Minnesota Constitutional Amendment 2: Redistribution of Highway User Revenues (October 1956)
- Constitutional Amendment 3: Iron Ore Occupation Tax (August 1956)
- State and Local Taxation in Minneapolis vs. Comparable Cities Throughout the US (May 1956)
- Assessment Law and Practice in Minneapolis, Hennepin County and the State of Minnesota (June 1956)
- Statement: Taxation and Borrowing Policy for Minneapolis (December 1954)
- Review of the Suburban and Rural Hennepin County Property Assessment System (December 1954)
- Proposed Charge on Power Lines in Minneapolis (June 1954)
- Resolution on Current Expense Millage Limitation Charter Amendment (October 1953)
- Citizens League Position on the Proposed Amendment to Change the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation (July 1953)
- Recommendation to Minneapolis Increasing Tax Levy by 4 Mill (February 1953)
- Position on Minneapolis Tax Levy of 3.75 (February 1953)