In the News

Here's a summary of editorials, columns and stories on constitutional budget amendments:
•Supermajority requirements do not lower taxes or spending, Granite Falls Advocate Tribune, March 30, 2012
•Supermajority requirements do not lower taxes or spending, Montevideo American-News, March 22, 2012
•Supermajority rule won't end tax increases, St. Cloud Times, March 17, 2012
•Supermajority rules don't lower taxes or spending, Winona Daily News, March 16, 2012
•Supermajority rule ends up costing more, Albert Lea Tribune, March 16, 2012
•Amendments show how legislators pass the buck, St. Cloud Times, March 6, 2012
•Is Minnesota's ballot the right place to make state law? St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 26, 2012
•MPR News Primer: Supermajority on raising taxes, MPR, February 24, 2012
•Study: Supermajority brings tax shifts, St. Paul Pioneer Press, February 10, 2012
•A big year for amendments, New Ulm Journal, February 10, 2012
•Amend politics, not the Constitution, Mankato Free Press editorial, February 4, 2012
•Fewer referenda, Austin Daily Herald editorial, January 31, 2012
•Tevlin: Letting voters decide on state constitution carries its risks, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, January 31, 2012
•Why amend constitution? New Ulm Journal editorial, January 31, 2012
•Legislature should drop idea for tax-hike 'supermajorities', Morrison County Record editorial, January 30, 2012
•Legislating by constitution is hazardous, Star-Tribune, January 29, 2012
•Guest view: 2012: The politics of division, Winona Daily News, January 28, 2012
•Super disparities, Hutchinson Leader editorial, January 27, 2012
•A new worry for nonprofits, Star-Tribune, January 27, 2012
•Guest Commentary: Supermajority amendment short-sighted, Montevideo News, January 26, 2012
•tCGMC looks to shine light on push for supermajority amendment, Crookston Times, January 26, 2012
•Kill supermajority amendment now, Albert Lea Tribune editorial, January 18, 2012
•Don't raise the bar for state tax increases, Star-Tribune editorial, September 6, 2011
•Diminishing democracy - what budget amendments would mean for MN, Minnesota Public News Service, May 9, 2011

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