Dayton budget shows a mixed picture

Minnesotans’ first look at a complete budget proposal in a $6.2 billion deficit era shows a picture of higher taxes on the rich and health-care providers, more money for education and some health-care programs and cuts for nursing homes. About 800 state jobs would be lost and local governments would continue to receive the same state aid as they do now under Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget proposal, the first major step in drawing up a new two-year state budget.

By: Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau