Gov. Dayton Vetoes Bill for Not Properly Funding WC Court of Appeals

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed two budget bills, including a jobs and energy bill which he said failed to increase revenue for the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals, according to a veto letter he sent to the Speaker of the House.  The bill, House File 1437, was introduced in early March as an agriculture bill that later turned into an economic development bill that would help fund the Department of Employment and Economic Development.  But Dayton argued in his letter to Speaker Kurt Daudt that the bill didn’t sufficiently fund both the Bureau ...