Minnesota lawmakers race to finalize a multibillion-dollar budget amid shortfalls, federal funding uncertainty, and ...

Minnesota lawmakers will return to Saint Paul next week after their week-long Easter/Passover break. The return to the state capital will kick off a month-long run to the finish line.

Advocates including Hibbing Mayor Pete Hyduke, Nashwauk-Keewatin School Board Vice Chair Barb Kalmi, labor leaders, union workers and other community members spoke with all four caucus leaders on the ...

“It is the tradition and the practice to negotiate a bonding bill within itself and not tie other politics to it,” Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy (DFL-Saint Paul) said. “When we tie other politics ...

Betty McCollum and local lawmakers. Attendees must RSVP for location. Leader Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, talks about power ...

Democrats in the Legislature introduced proposals to assist federal workers targeted by spending cuts in the Trump ...

Minnesota Senate Democrats, joint House and Gov. Tim Walz all target health budget, while House rules out education cuts. Walz tax changes would reduce sales tax rate but expand taxable services.

No matter what the final details of Minnesota's next state budget look like, there will most certainly be spending cuts.

Justin has a difficult road ahead and he needs to focus on his family,” Minnesota Senate Republicans said in a statement. House Republican leaders Speaker Lisa Demuth and Leader Harry Niska also ...

House Speaker Lisa Lisa Demuth. (John Autey / Pioneer Press) Minnesota had an $18 billion surplus two years ago. Under a budget enacted by the DFL-controlled state government in 2023, the state is ...