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Uncertainty, limited information, and a slowing economy are putting pressure on Minnesota’s long-term budget outlook
February 24, 2026 • Carly Eckstrom
Minnesota Budget, Minnesota Budget Outlook
On December 4, 2025, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the November 2025 Budget and Economic Forecast, one of two… Continue reading Uncertainty, limited information, and a slowing economy are putting pressure on Minnesota’s long-term budget outlook
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More guns, less butter: How massive federal funding increases for ICE are costing us all
January 20, 2026 • Carly Eckstrom
Federal Budget, Federal Issues, Immigration
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid and SNAP, our country’s core basic needs programs. These cuts paid primarily for two things: 1) a tax package that gives the biggest tax cuts to the nation’s wealthiest, and 2) an extreme spending increase on immigration enforcement.
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Federal Freeze of Child Care, TANF, other social service funding could leave Minnesotans and their families in the cold
January 15, 2026 • Carly Eckstrom
Child Care, Federal Budget, Federal Issues
On January 6, 2026, the Trump administration froze billions of dollars in federal funding for child care and social services… Continue reading Federal Freeze of Child Care, TANF, other social service funding could leave Minnesotans and their families in the cold