Minnesota Budget Bites

Narrowly defined, the primary responsibility for policymakers this legislative session is to pass the state’s next ...

The Minnesota Senate's budget targets , released last week, give a high level picture of their budget outline. The Sena...

Minnesota’s provider tax is a proven and time-tested way to ensure Minnesotans have affordable health care. In contrast, the state of Michigan experimented with a few types of health-related taxes, and discovered various problems with these alternative sources – including insufficient revenues and problems with federal regulations.

Governor TIm Walz's revised budget retains the Walz/Flanagan administration's "One Minnesota" priorities, and augments the surplus by maintaining and raising revenues to invest in health care, education, broader economic opportunity, and transportation.