A letter sent to state lawmakers in June from Minnesota Management and Budget shows that the state has improperly provided a ...

The SNAP program has historically been supported by the nation’s farmers, and it’s run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Usually, changes to SNAP are made in a massive five-year farm bill that ...

Leaders of Minnesota’s largest cities and counties are poring over the fine print of federal grants and expanding their legal ...

Some 71,000 Minnesota students received the State Grant last year. Grants will range from $100 to $17,717 for the 2025-2026 school year.

He said the Legislature tapping into its budget for additional resources to help lawmakers is a good idea. "We always had these concerns, but now our attention is drawn to them a little more and I ...

Stearns County residents may face a property tax increase as the county board considers a proposed 2026 budget with a levy ...

Minnesota’s lawmakers have passed a $46 billion budget after three extra days in session, several sleepless nights and some horse-trading. The Legislature approved the budget just before 3 a.m ...

ROCHESTER — What if Minnesota had its own Elon Musk-style Department of Government Efficiency and a proponent of taking a chainsaw to the state’s ever-growing state budget? What would happen?

If state lawmakers go along, it will end a shutdown moving into its third week. The shutdown has been painful in Minnesota, but the possible end of it wasn’t a relief to everyone.

The eight tribal nations in Minnesota, alongside SNAP education programs nationwide, face the same straits as a result of the wide-ranging, 800-page budget document.

House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, and House Ways and Means chair Rep. Paul Torkelson, R-Hanska, prepared to enter closed budget talks with Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders at the ...