Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with spending pullbacks and other measures to keep a potential deficit at bay. He also proposed a lower state sales tax rate but called for extending the tax’s reach to financial services.

Gov. Tim Walz is urging lawmakers to end a power struggle that has disrupted the first week of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session.

Governor Walz’s party has lost control of the Minnesota Legislature and faces mounting criticism as a budget deficit looms.

Walz focused on tackling fraud, cutting state spending and long-term fiscal stability in Minnesota’s 2026-27 budget.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's proposed budget offers the first-ever cut to Minnesota's sale tax rate — but it would also expand the tax into new professional services.

John Hendrickson and John Phelan compare Minnesota's soaring taxes and deficits with Iowa low taxes and balanced budgets.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has approved $1.27 million in state funds to put more effort into studying the impact avian influenza, otherwise known as "bird flu," has on state wildlife.

Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson says he opposes efforts by Governor Tim Walz to create another layer of state government to investigate efforts to “steal public money” while suggesting there

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the former running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, poked fun at President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to move his inauguration ceremony indoors due to frigid temperatures in Washington. Trump announced Friday that the inauguration ceremony will be moved to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

The state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that will extend Republicans’ advantage in a power struggle with Democrats in the House by granting them another month with a one-seat