MPR: Minn. Senate votes to raise income taxes on highest-paid

"The Minnesota Senate has approved a nearly $1 billion income tax increase that would make the state's top bracket the highest in the nation. Lawmakers voted 35 to 29 Saturday to pass the DFL-backed measure which also provides funding for public schools, early childhood education and state colleges and universities. But Republicans promise the bill will never get past Gov. Pawlenty and his veto pen.

St. Paul, Minn. — The DFL-controlled Senate had already passed a tax bill and an education funding bill last week. But senators were back at the Capitol on Saturday debating both issues a second time.

DFL leaders tucked a new income tax plan in a new education bill that would provide families with money to enroll kids in early childhood programs. The basic school funding formula would grow by 2 percent each of the next two years, and more money would go to higher education with the hope of holding down college tuition costs.

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