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News Release
Rep. Schultz Introduces Bill to Make Mille Lacs County Whole after Expensive Litigation
St. Paul, Minnesota — Representative Isaac Schultz (R-Elmdale Township) introduces legislation (H.F. 1979) to require the Office of the Attorney General to reimburse Mille Lacs County for their costs incurred during the ongoing litigation with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Joined by fellow Republican representatives, Ron Kresha (R-Little Falls) and Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) this bill will remove the $7.8 million burden from the county property taxpayers who are currently on the hook for this expensive litigation due to the compounding action of Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison when they departed from a decades-long standard of defending the interests of the State of Minnesota and Mille Lacs County. Every previous administration including Democrats, Republicans, and Independents have supported the interests of the county and the state until the Walz administration reversed course.
“The crushing litigation costs that are being forced upon the property taxpayers of Mille Lacs County are unacceptable,” said Rep. Schultz on the enduring expense for the county. “These high costs for property taxpayers are a direct result of actions by Attorney General Keith Ellison and his budget should bear the consequence of his actions, not the taxpaying citizens of Mille Lacs County.”
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