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Peter Cox
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Aging Beat Reporter, Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN)
Minnesota
Beats
Politics , The Middle East , Education , Religion , Social Trends
Sex, Gender, Explicit, Vulgarity, Criminal,
Content
By Dana Ferguson Verified, Peter Cox Verified| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified A top Minnesota tax policy writer is here for the ratio – of social media users. Sen. Ann Rest, a prominent DFLer who chairs the Senate Taxes Committee, is proposing an excise tax on social media platforms that access consumer data. If approved, Minnesota would be the first to tax the companies. The tax rates would be based on how many Minnesota consumers use the sites, with platforms with over 1 million users charged $165,000 each month plus 50 cents for every additional user over 1 million
By Peter Cox Verified| Post-Bulletin Verified ST. PAUL — Crunch time has arrived at the Minnesota Capitol as the Legislature puts thousands of bills through a funnel, including budget requests and some proposals seeking a state lift for sports stadium renovations. It’s all coming amid repeat warnings from politicians of a tight budget and a partisan layout that could make anything nonessential a tougher endeavor. Leaders of the House and Senate both released their budget frameworks in recent days
Company Info
Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN)