Governor Mark Dayton, during a speech on the morning of July 14, announced that he will accept the June 30 offer that Republicans gave to him, which included an increase in the amount of money that is delayed in payments to schools and a proposal to borrow against the state’s tobacco settlement payments that would largely make up for much of the difference that his proposed tax increase would have raised.

While the Governor made this offer, he also added three conditions of his own—no controversial policy items, drop the proposed across-the-board reduction of state employees in all agencies (as Republican’s had proposed), and passage of a $500 billion bonding bill.

At this writing republican lawmakers are meeting with Governor Dayton.

While we wanted to make sure you had the latest news, this is “big picture” negotiating, and we do not know where this leaves funding for long-term care services at this time. As soon as we learn more, we will pass the information on.

Read the Governor’s letter here.

Heidi Holste
952.851.2482
hholste@careproviders.org

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