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State Representative Dean Urdahl
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-4344
For more information contact: Jodi Boyne 651-296-0640
NEWS RELEASE
URDAHL ANNOUNCES LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID INCREASES FOR AREA CITIES
ST. PAUL – Area cities will receive Local Government Aid increases in 2006 under new tax laws passed by the Legislature. State Representative Dean Urdahl said increasing aid for Greater Minnesota was a priority for all legislators this year.
“We made it very clear throughout the session and during budget negotiations that we have to help our cities,” said Urdahl, R-Grove City. “I am very pleased we could pass such significant increases for local communities.”
Increases for area cities are as follows:
Annandale $74,478
Cokato $106,535
Dassel $22,415
Howard Lake $11,256
Eden Valley $22,080
Grove City $23,511
Watkins $5,376
Kingston $756
Darwin $1,782
Cosmos $24,242
Numbers indicate the increase over what cities would have received in 2006 had the new tax law not been passed. Statewide Local Government Aid will increase $48 million in 2006, including a $6 per-capita increase for cities with less than 5,000 people.
Urdahl also highlighted other new tax laws, including a change to the K-12 education tax credit. He said parents will benefit from investing in their children’s education because the Legislature removed the $2,000 per family limit on the K-12 education tax credit. The maximum per-child credit is still $1,000, but for an unlimited number of children.
“Teachers also stand to benefit because we extended the $250 credit for out-of-pocket classroom expenses,” Urdahl said.
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