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

Melissa Hortman was the Minnesota House's top Democrat and as House speaker helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives to passage two years ago. After Democrats lost their majority, she

Budget delays have been common across the country amid lousy economic forecasts, federal uncertainty and other factors.

Governor Tim Walz signed into law on Saturday the remaining bills that make up Minnesota’s two-year state budget.

Adults living in the U.S. illegally will be excluded from a state-run health care program under a budget deal that the Minnesota Legislature convened to pass in a special session Monday.

Minnesotans shouldn’t be too surprised when the budget cuts being made at the capitols in St. Paul and Washington, D.C., result in increases on their property tax bills. County and city leaders face an uncertain long-term budget outlook and will soon need to make tough choices about how much to raise taxes or what services to cut.

Minnesota legislators voiced ambivalence and frustration with spending bills as the 2025 session finally wrapped.

If the budget standoff continues through the end of this month at the Capitol, there will be a state government shutdown on July 1 — the first time that's happened since 2011.

The mother and daughter were among the Minnesotans who have been warily watching and showing up at the State Capitol this year to protest waiver changes and other proposals they feared would “balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable.