Gov. Dayton takes reporters’ questions about his supplemental budget proposal
Twenty-five million dollars to slightly expand state-paid pre-school in Minnesota…expanding the Child Care Tax Credit…and 100-million dollars to improve broadband Internet access — those are among major features of a proposed supplemental budget Governor Mark Dayton unveiled today. The governor says his budget plan “prioritizes tax cuts for middle-income families and investments in Minnesota’s children, families and communities.” Dayton says 400 thousand Minnesota families would get tax cuts and 37-hundred more four-year-olds would have access to pre-kindergarten. Dayton also proposes 571 million dollars be left unspent as a cushion against any future budget problems. The governor had to adjust his budget proposal after the latest forecast showed the state’s surplus shrinking by 300 million dollars.