Tag: Rep. Kotyza-Witthuhn

Minnesota Angel Investment Tax Credit Bill Introduced

From the March 12 morning take:

A coalition of supporters of the Angel Investment Tax Credit (AITC) will submit a letter to Sen. Paul Anderson and Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn this morning to the House Jobs Committee at 8 a.m. VERBATIM: “The AITC, which was first available in 2010 but expired at the end of 2017, resulted in more than $421 million in private investment in Minnesota startup and emerging companies during that time. Data also shows that investment in startup or early stage companies was 80 percent higher, approximately $280 million, in the eight years the Angel Credit was in effect than it was the eight years prior. The AITC is a useful tool for entrepreneurs from all over the state and from many different industries. From 2015-2017, companies owned or managed by women or minorities received more than $30 million in investment through the credit. The clean technology industry received nearly $13 million during the same time frame. In 2017 alone, companies in Greater Minnesota were the recipients of almost $10 million of investment via the credit, one of the highest totals in the history of the program.”  

LETTER: http://bit.ly/2VVQDmv

HF 1, the “Great Start for All Minnesota Children Act,” to receive first House public hearing Thursday

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA – Thursday morning, the House Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division will hold a public hearing on HF 1, the “Great Start for All Minnesota Children Act.” Authored by Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (DFL – Eden Prairie), HF 1 includes new investments for early childhood education and development, child care, prenatal care, and home visiting. The committee’s discussion will focus on the early care and development component of the bill, including the creation of a “Great Start Fund.” This fund will increase the availability of learning scholarships focused on children from birth to age 3, addressing both Minnesota’s opportunity gap and high child care costs.

The committee, chaired by Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL – Saint Paul) will meet at 8:00 a.m. in Room 120 of the Minnesota State Capitol.

WHAT: Committee hearing on HF 1, the “Great Start for All Minnesota Children Act”

WHO: Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (DFL – Eden Prairie), bill author; Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL – Saint Paul), committee chair; Karla Smith, a parent whose family has benefited from early learning scholarships; Kiarra Zackery, a parent who has benefited from the state Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP); Shareece Gabriel, Child Care Development Director, YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities

WHEN: 8:00 AM, Thursday, March 7, 2019

WHERE: Room 120, Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul

State Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn wants to hear Minnesotans’ voices

Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn has many titles — legislator, analyst, parent, millennial — and she’s bringing them all to the Minnesota State Capitol as she tackles her first session as District 48B’s state representative, which largely includes Eden Prairie.

On Jan. 9, the freshman legislator introduced a bill focused on shrinking the student achievement gap by improving prenatal and early childhood care, called the Great Start for All Minnesota Children Act. She spoke frequently about education and health care in her campaign and, in a Jan. 21 conversation with Eden Prairie News, referred frequently to the concerns she heard from constituents while campaigning.

View the complete January 29 article by Eden Teller on The Eden Prairie News website here.

Starting Line: First bills of the 2019 Legislative Session

From the Minnesota House Public Information Service:

Health care, gun control top residents’ concerns at Eden Prairie town hall

Sen. Steve Cwodzkinski with Reps. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn and Laurie Pryor at Eden Prairie High School for the first town hall of the new legislative session. Credit: Eden Teller, Eden Prairie News

Before legislators return to St. Paul for the start of the new session on Jan. 8, Eden Prairie’s representatives sought the advice of their community in what they said was the best-attended town hall of their careers.

State Sen. Steve Cwodzinski, D-Eden Prairie and state representative Laurie Pryor, D-Minnetonka, and Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, D-Eden Prairie, spoke to about 150 people at Eden Prairie High School Saturday, Jan. 5 — the largest group that Pryor or Cwodzinski, on their second terms, had ever seen at a town hall.

“You’re making my heart sing, putting this thing called ‘we the people’ into action,” Cwodzinski told the crowd.

View the complete January 7 article by Eden Teller on The Eden Prairie News website here.