Where Are the Budget Targets?
With the House and Senate approaching the April 17 third committee deadline for finance bills, it is highly unusual that neither the House nor Senate has released committee budget targets....more
Legislature Reaches First and Second Bill Deadline -
The first and second committee deadline today (Friday) marks a key milestone in the 2026 legislative session. By this date, most policy bills must clear committees or...more
Governor Tim Walz’s supplemental budget was released this week. While relatively modest in net fiscal impact, it resembles a full biennial budget in scope, introducing significant policy ideas such as new taxes, expanded...more
House GOP Outlines Affordability Agenda for 2026 Session -
Minnesota House Republican leaders held a press conference outlining their affordability priorities for the 2026 legislative session, focusing on targeted tax...more
Fraud Hearings in Washington, D.C. and St. Paul -
In Washington, D.C. this week, Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison testified before the U.S. House Oversight Committee, facing intense questioning from...more
Will the Minnesota Legislature Pass Federal Tax Conformity?
Both the House and Senate Tax Committees have held hearings to discuss the impacts of recent federal tax changes. Minnesota tax policy does not automatically...more
First on the Legislative Agenda: Memorial for Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman -
The Minnesota Legislature returned to St. Paul on Tuesday to begin the 2026 Legislative Session. Official actions were very limited as both...more
The Minnesota Legislature reconvenes on Tuesday, February 17, for the 2026 legislative session, but expect the first day to only include ceremonial activities along with a day of remembrance for Speaker Emerita Melissa...more
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) delivered the delayed February budget and economic forecast today. While MMB projects a $456 million surplus for the FY 2026-27 biennium, this projected surplus is now $160 million lower...more
On Monday, January 6, 2025, Governor Walz issued the first Executive Order of 2025, EO 25-01, which creates a centralized state fraud investigations unit administered and overseen by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal...more
The Minnesota Legislature has been very busy this session, with an especially heightened amount of activity relating to housing; numerous bills have been introduced that would have a major impact on both market-rate and...more
With the conclusion of the August 9 primary, the DFL and Republican ballots are set for the November 8 general election. Every constitutional officer and all 134 seats in legislature will be on the ballot along with the...more
The Minnesota Senate released information on committees for the 2021-2022 legislative session, which begins on January 5, 2021, at noon. Included in the information is the list of committees that will be formed, the standing...more
While Governor Tim Walz (DFL) and the other constitutional officers were not on the ballot in Minnesota this year, all 134 State House seats and 67 State Senate seats were, as well as President, a United States Senate seat...more
What follows is an overview of the results of the August 11, 2020, primary in Minnesota. Not every race is included; instead those races that involved incumbents, or were otherwise notable....more
Timeline -
February 27: Minnesota Management and Budget issued the forecast which the Governor and Legislature would use as the guide to making their taxing and spending decisions for the remainder of the session. The...more