{"id":30958,"date":"2021-02-08T22:55:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theadvocatespost.org\/?p=7789"},"modified":"2021-02-08T22:55:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:55:50","slug":"human-rights-at-the-state-capitol-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/08\/human-rights-at-the-state-capitol-budgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights at the State Capitol: Budgets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Budgets.<\/strong> Human rights might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear this word, but respecting, protecting, and fulfilling human rights requires financial resources. Budgets are more than financial statements \u2013 they’re statements of values and priorities. Budgets that fund activities with a positive impact on the exercise of rights can turn our values into reality.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the Minnesota Legislature began to hear details of the Governor\u2019s budget recommendations<\/strong><\/a>. For example, the Ways and Means Committee received a high-level overview of the budget recommendations, which highlighted three priorities: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Supporting small businesses and driving economic recovery; <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    1. Ensuring students catch up on learning; and <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      1. Supporting working families. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        State agencies\u2019 budgets include details on how budgets will affect equity and inclusion.<\/strong><\/a> This analysis will be critical as lawmakers wrestle with how to address the devastating and disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Take action by watching live or recorded hearings online and contacting your representatives on issues that are important to you. The following schedule highlights some (but not all) of the hearings from this week that related to human rights issues in Minnesota, as well as links to recorded Committee sessions:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        HOUSE \u2013 <\/strong> MONDAY, FEB 1<\/strong> <\/td>Committee Name<\/strong> <\/td> Relevant Items in Hearing Agenda <\/strong> <\/td>Meeting time <\/strong>  <\/td>Link to <\/strong>recording<\/strong>  <\/td><\/tr>
        Ways and Means <\/td>Discussion of the Governor\u2019s budget recommendations <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Workforce and Business Development <\/td>Governor\u2019s budget recommendations <\/td>1:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Education Policy Committee <\/td>Discussed Racial Inequities and recommended solutions (i.e., Increase Teachers of Color Act) <\/td>1:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        SENATE \u2013 MONDAY, FEB 1<\/strong> <\/td>Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy <\/td>Presentation of Office of Legislative Auditor Evaluation Report: Safety in State Correctional Facilities <\/td>1:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
         <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
        HOUSE \u2013 <\/strong> TUESDAY, FEB 2<\/strong> <\/td>Early Childhood Finance and Policy <\/td>Presentation on the Economics of the Early Care and Learning Sector <\/td>8:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Education Finance  <\/td>Reimagine Minnesota: Equitable and Excellent Education for all MN Students <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Housing Finance and Policy <\/td>Rent assistance for low-income Minnesotans <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform and Finance Policy <\/td>Investing in Law Enforcement Excellence and Accountability <\/td>1:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Transportation Finance and Policy <\/td>I-94 and the Rondo Neighborhood, then and now <\/td>1:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Labor, Industry, Veterans, and Military Affairs Finance and Policy <\/td>Earned Sick and Safe Time <\/td>3:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Health Finance and Policy  <\/td>Buying Health Care for Minnesotans on Public Health Care Programs  <\/td>3:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        SENATE \u2013 TUESDAY, FEB 2<\/strong> <\/td>Committee on Housing Finance and Policy <\/td>Overview of Minnesota Housing Finance Agency – Governor\u2019s budget recommendations <\/td>1:00 <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
         <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
        HOUSE \u2013 <\/strong>WEDNESDAY, <\/strong> FEB 3<\/strong> <\/td>Education Finance <\/td>Increase Teachers of Color Act  <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> \u2013 part 1 Link<\/a> \u2013 part 2 <\/td><\/tr>
        Human Services Finance and Policy <\/td>Governor\u2019s Recommendations for Economic Assistance  <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Preventing Homelessness Division <\/td>Emergency shelters and housing support funding  <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        SENATE \u2013 <\/strong>WEDNESDAY, <\/strong> FEB 3<\/strong> <\/td>Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Finance <\/td>MN Sentencing Guidelines  <\/td>1:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a>  <\/td><\/tr>
        <\/strong> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
        HOUSE \u2013 <\/strong>THURSDAY, <\/strong> FEB 4<\/strong> <\/td>Judiciary Finance and Civil Law <\/td>Visa certification document, timely processing by certifying entities  <\/td>8:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Education Finance <\/td>Governor\u2019s Budget Presentation <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a>  <\/td><\/tr>
        Human Services Finance and Policy <\/td>Relating to shelters and emergency services <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy  <\/td>Investing in Law Enforcement Excellence and Accountability  <\/td>1:00 PM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr>
        <\/strong> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
        HOUSE \u2013 <\/strong> F<\/strong>RIDAY, <\/strong>FEB 5<\/strong> <\/td>Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform  <\/td>Investing in Law Enforcement Excellence and Accountability <\/td>10:30 AM <\/td>Link<\/a> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n

        This post was originally published on The Advocates Post<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Budgets. Human rights might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear this word, but\u00a0respecting, protecting, and fulfilling human rights requires\u00a0financial resources.\u00a0Budgets are more than financial statements \u2013\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0statements of values and priorities.\u00a0Budgets\u00a0that fund\u00a0activities with a positive\u00a0impact\u00a0on\u00a0the exercise of rights\u00a0can\u00a0turn\u00a0our values into reality.\u00a0\u00a0 Last\u00a0week,\u00a0the Minnesota Legislature\u00a0began to\u00a0hear\u00a0details of\u00a0the\u00a0Governor\u2019s budget recommendations.\u00a0For example, the \u2026 Continue reading Human Rights at the State Capitol:\u00a0Budgets<\/span> \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1602],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30959,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30958\/revisions\/30959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}