January 19, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Thursday reached its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion, and now a fractious Congress is faced with coming up with […]
January 12, 2023
Minnesota lawmakers have fast-tracked a $10.27 million plan that would extend unemployment benefits for laid off Iron Range workers while a Cleveland-Cliffs taconite mine in […]
January 11, 2023
This story is part of a collaborative series, from the Institute for Nonprofit News, Borderless Magazine and four other news partners, examining climate resilience across […]
January 6, 2023
The chair of the Minnesota House committee with control of taxes had a message for education and social services advocates Thursday: Don’t expect recreational marijuana […]
December 27, 2022
The past year was pretty eventful, with a record state surplus, a long legislative session, a historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights and […]
December 15, 2022
What’s in a name? For the tax rebate checks dubbed “Walz Checks” by a guy named Walz, the name was a death sentence. Until it […]
December 15, 2022
Inertia is anathema to the work and civic lives of Darrel German. The president of Huntington National Bank’s Minnesota region arrived in the Twin Cities in […]
December 7, 2022
Gov. Tim Walz and top DFL leaders this week criticized the idea of eliminating a state tax on Social Security benefits despite the fact that […]
December 7, 2022
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 […]
December 6, 2022
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. […]