Posted on 11/29/2006 9:11:28 AM PST by MplsSteve
Minnesota finance officials expect the state treasury to run a $2.17 billion surplus through June of 2009.
That includes a projected surplus of $1.038 through June of next year, and $1.132 billion for the following two years.
"We've got some pretty good news here,'' Finance Commissioner Peggy Ingison said before she outlined the numbers at a Capitol news conference Wednesday.
The economic report details tax and spending patterns. The news means GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty and a Legislature now in DFL hands will have extra money to devote to schools, public health care programs and, maybe, tax cuts.
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