Members of the House and Senate DFL along with Gov. Tim Walz just can’t stop saying that the era of gridlock in the Legislature is over, an important effect of
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Most of the attention is paid to the sexier half of the Minnesota economic and revenue forecast: how much money the 2023 Legislature will have to allocate in spending increases
The Minnesota revenue surplus is now $17.6 billion. That’s a lot for a state that spends about $2.16 billion a month and sets up Gov. Tim Walz and the DFL-controlled
For a year, they argued over how Minnesota’s congressional and legislative maps should be redrawn. Now they’re arguing over how much money state taxpayers should pay them for their effort.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was projecting himself as something of a seer Monday in describing the deal he struck with legislative leaders on budget and taxes. “Two weeks ago I
The Minnesota Legislature has about four and half weeks before the state constitution says it must adjourn. Will the narrative be that a divided Legislature exercised compromise and got more
Is there a five-year rule when it comes to changes to Minnesota’s strict regulation of alcohol? If so, it could suggest that a bill that surfaced last week in the
How can something that sounds so bureaucratic be so controversial … and important? At the Minnesota Legislature, that something is officially called the Premium Security Plan, but it usually goes
If having a record-setting state revenue surplus of $7.75 billion to fight over already posed a challenge to Minnesota politicians, the challenge just got bigger. A quarterly review and economic update
It’s a lot, but it could have been more. State budget writers, policymakers and frankly anyone or any group with a need for something out of Minnesota’s next state budget
The state’s top budget and finance officer called it “out of the ordinary.” Gov. Tim Walz said it proved that “it is crystal clear that our economy is strong and
If you think you were infected with Covid-19 in a Minnesota workplace, you were better off being a nurse than a meatpacker. Because of an emergency law adopted at the
It was a quiet rebirth, emerging from the closed-door negotiations over the state Legislature’s taxes omnibus bill in June: Minnesota once again has a modest but significant incentive program aimed
It is a common lament of Minnesota legislators and advocates when seemingly popular bills aren’t moving: If this reached the floor of the House or Senate, it would pass easily. This
Democrats in Minnesota state government thanked President Joe Biden and the Democratic Congress for sending them the money that made a $52 billion state budget deal come together Monday. Republicans
There was nothing usual about the 2020 recession brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Maybe that’s why economists are having such a hard time assessing its impacts and forecasting how
It can sometimes seem like lawmakers in St. Paul do things just to remind people that Minnesota is the only state in America with a divided legislature. That was the case
The aggressive push to legalize recreational marijuana in Minnesota has lit a fire under the ongoing effort to update the state’s five-year-old medical cannabis program, including ending the state’s unique