Among Gov. Tim Walz’s roughly $66 billion budget is something he says has never been done in Minnesota: cut the state’s sales tax. “For the first time in Minnesota history, reducing the ...

Tim Walz briefs reporters on his budget proposal, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn., which would require approval from a deeply divided legislature. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski) ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for spending cuts Thursday in a $65.9 billion two-year budget proposal that includes a modest reduction in the overall state sales tax but new taxes on services like ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz urged lawmakers Thursday to end a power struggle that has disrupted the first week of Minnesota's 2025 legislative session, but expressed support for House ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz briefs reporters on his budget proposal, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in St. Paul ...

DFL Gov. Tim Walz wants to address the issue mostly by slowing state spending on disability services, one of the major drivers of the state’s escalating costs. He also proposed changes to the state ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz discusses his two-year budget plan Thursday at the Minnesota Department of Revenue in St. Paul. Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with ...

No one wore campaign hats or shirts. On a gray, cold Thursday afternoon, Tim Rudd stood with only his wife and father on the front steps of his childhood home to announce his campaign to be ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Tackling fraud and cutting spending came out at the top of Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s “responsible, balanced” proposal for the 2026-27 budget introduced ...

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with spending pullbacks and other measures to keep a potential deficit at bay. He also proposed a lower state sales tax rate ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan are expected to present the state’s budget for 2025. The budget announcement is set for noon Thursday. The last budget ...