Minnesota’s budget is facing a deficit. Or it’s not. Both statements are true, depending on how far into the future the governor and the Legislature look. The current two-year budget
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It might seem obvious, but Minnesota is alone at the top — or the bottom — of one legislative superlative: the first state to ever begin a session without clear
Two years ago, Minnesota DFL elected officials were about to begin a legislative session with a governing trifecta — control of the House and the Senate and the governor’s office.
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 budget
The 2024 election in Minnesota will be remembered for results that were expected by some but didn’t happen and something unexpected by most that did. Gov. Tim Walz won’t become
For a race with so much at stake, the only Minnesota state Senate seat on the November ballot seems a bit under the political radar. Competition for money and attention
It isn’t the timing that people hoping to get started in the recreational cannabis business were hoping for. Some 1,800 potential licensees who have qualified as social equity applicants are
Minnesota Democrats have complained in past elections of dirty deeds in the race for the 2nd Congressional District. In both 2020 and 2022, candidates claiming to be with marijuana legalization
It was an exaggeration made in the fog of war that turned into a tactic that contributed to the calming of two cities following the murder of George Floyd in
You don’t campaign to be invited to join a national party’s presidential ticket, do you? Only one vote is needed — the nominee — to be the vice presidential pick.
It is not unusual for a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court to recuse themselves from a case where they believe they have a conflict of interest because of work
Oh, how Minnesota loves to find itself on national lists. And now not one, but three national political observers have placed race for control of the state House of Representatives
Call it the Minnesota sports betting deal that wasn’t. Backers of a sports betting bill in Minnesota say they were close Sunday night to passing a bill after nearly six
An already contentious session of the Minnesota Legislature managed to become even more contentious — perhaps historically so — on the last evening that bills could be passed. DFL leaders,
The DFL could still have a governing trifecta when the 2025 session of the Legislature convenes next January. But it might not. Those different possible outcomes have shaped two different
A recent exchange in a House committee hearing between DFL and Republican lawmakers over the role of capitalism illustrated a significant political question that dominates the debate over taxes and
Sometime on May 20, likely after retiring lawmakers deliver their final speeches, someone will move that the House and Senate adjourn “Sine Die.” That’s Latin for “without a day” and
It was the kind of political coalition that should have meant the bill should have had an easy time in the Minnesota Legislature. DFLers and Republicans. Social justice organizations. The