Minnesota Budget Bites

January's Economic Update brought us good short-term news: revenues are up, and the economy is growing at a good pace for now. However, with slower economic growth and potential for a recession on the horizon, policymakers should prioritize a strong budget reserve to be able to meet Minnesotans' needs in future tough times.

Minnesota’s budget reserve is strengthened and the state’s budget outlook gives us short-term good news, according to ...

New research illustrates just how effective Medicaid is in improving peoples’ health, and just how dangerous limitations to access can be.

Every year, Minnesota Management and Budget gives Minnesotans an estimate of what the state needs in its "rainy day" fu...