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New Senate DFL Targets

The Senate DFL released their budget plan and it's slightly different than the plan circulating around earlier this week. The cuts are deeper because it doesn't include the K12 funding shift anymore. Here are the details:

Cuts

E-12 Education - $973 million

Higher Education - $221 million

Health and Human Services - $719 million

Agriculture - $12 million

Environment, Energy and Natural Resources - $24 million

Economic Development - $22 million

Transportation - $15 million

Public Safety - $78 million

Judiciary - $53 million

State Government $44 million

Tax Aids and Credits - $240 million

Total Cuts- $2.4 billion

Note: These cuts do not include the federal stimulus money which will backfill some of the money.

Senate Democrats say they also intend to put $2 billion in unspecified new revenue on the table. DFL Sen. Tom Bakk, who chairs the Senate Taxes Committee, said he was leaning towards an income tax increase on wealthier Minnesotans.

You can read more about the plan and reaction to it here.