Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman, fatally shot in a targeted attack, recently made headlines as the only House Democratic vote to repeal healthcare for illegal immigrants ...

The Minnesota Legislature approved the remaining pieces of the next state budget overnight Tuesday during a special session that lasted less than a day, after lawmakers failed to complete their ...

State Commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget Jim Schowalter noted that the state economy is doing well despite a lingering pandemic. “As our hospitals remind us, COVID-19 is still here ...

What if Minnesota had its own Elon Musk-style Department of Government Efficiency and a proponent of taking a chainsaw to the state's ever-growing state budget? What would happen? It's a sexier ...

Minnesota is projected to have a budget surplus of $3.715 billion this biennium, according to state budget officials, who urged lawmakers to be cautious with any additional spending this year to ...

Minnesota’s latest state budget forecast shows a modest increase from November’s forecast, but still signaled a possible deficit. The forecast released Thursday morning shows a current surplus ...

The Minnesota Legislature adjourned without passing a complete state budget, necessitating a special session. Disagreements remain on key budget items, including health care, education, and taxes ...

Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) showed the state's projected budget surplus will be a historic $9.25 billion, up from the $7 billion projection expected earlier this year.

Minnesota state economists Wednesday projected that the surplus for the next state budget will be $616 million, far less than legislators have become accustomed to and signaling a less-ambitious ...

Minnesota's $52 billion state budget for the next two years is the largest in state history and pumps more than $1 billion into education and tax relief — a remarkable turnaround after ...

What had been a $2.42 billion deficit when Minnesota Management and Budget, the agency that oversees the state’s finances, last took a look at the economic impacts of COVID-19 has turned into a ...

The Board of Trustees governing the Minnesota State system has discussed tuition increases ranging from 3.5 to 9% in each of the next year to plug budget shortfalls.