Gregg Aamot covers Greater MN for MinnPost and joins us from time to time to talk about his work. In this conversation he told us about a recent article in MinnPost about LGA funding in the MN Legislative Session 2019. Local government aid or LGA according to the League of MN Cities 'stabilizes local property taxes and ensures that quality basic city services are available in all Minnesota cities - that things like roads, sewer, public safety and fire service can be maintained from city to city regardless of population size or property tax base.'
LGA was cut in the early 2000s but with DFL Governor Tim Walz in office - from Mankato - promises were made to reinstate LGA to the amount in 2002. Aamot reports on some Minnesota cities that rely on LGA as a significant amount of their budgets.
