Created: April 18, 2021 09:07 PM
A proposed amendment to the House Public Safety and Police Reform Bill could significantly change Minnesota’s laws regarding traffic stops.
Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn, DFL-Roseville, told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS she sponsored the amendment because a recent study showed Black drivers were more likely to be stopped by law enforcement for traffic violations than white drivers.
“For example, the Stanford Open Policing Project found large discrepancies in the number of traffic stops for African-Americans than the white population,” Becker-Finn said. “That study said, in St. Paul for example, Black drivers are three times more likely to be pulled over than whites.”
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Minnesota House DFL proposes gas tax increase
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Minnesota s gas tax would increase as construction costs climb under a proposal House Democrats released last week an idea Republican lawmakers quickly rejected.
It has been 13 years since Minnesota last increased the gas tax and the cost to repair state infrastructure continues to grow, Rep. Erin Koegel, DFL-Spring Lake Park, told the House Transportation Committee as members debated a bill containing the provision on Thursday. We re really asking [the Minnesota Department of Transportation] to do more with less funding, Koegel said, contending that indexing the gas tax to keep up with inflation would help ensure safe roads.
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Minnesota panel green-lights 5-cent gas tax hike for road, bridge repairs
The proposal faced almost immediate opposition from Republicans in the Legislature who said they d push for an increased auto parts sales tax instead to fund projects. 7:03 pm, Apr. 8, 2021 ×
Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis, on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, presented a proposal to raise Minnesota s tax on gasoline and motor vehicle fees to raise money to repair roads and bridges. A Senate committee on the same day voted down a similar proposal. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
ST. PAUL A Minnesota transportation committee on Thursday, April 8, advanced a plan to gradually raise the state s gas tax by 5-cents per gallon over the next four years and would tie increases to inflation after that.