Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz discusses the 2026-27 budget deal Thursday, May 15, 2025, next to Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park (right), Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul ...

Jun. 6—By Nathaniel Minor, Star Tribune (TNS) MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota's narrowly divided Legislature have struck a deal on the state budget and will return to St. Paul on ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders have reached a budget deal. Though with only a few days left to pass bills, they may still have to return to the Capitol for a special session to ...

If the budget standoff continues through the end of this month at the Minnesota Capitol, there will be a state government shutdown on July 1 — the first time that's happened since 2011.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the divided legislature have reached an agreement on a budget deal, which will help guide lawmakers as they attempt to complete the next ...

Legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday, at a press conference in the Capitol’s golden-fixtured reception room, proudly announced a long-sought, bipartisan deal that would finally ...

SAINT PAUL — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders announced a budget agreement Thursday, May 15, but not everyone is thrilled with the deal. While party leaders discussed the proposal ...

Adults living in the U.S. illegally will be excluded from a state-run health care program under a budget deal that the Minnesota Legislature convened to pass in a special session Monday.

Seeking budget deal by end of May, MN lawmakers work Memorial Day weekend Leaders hope they can wrap up negotiations between the House and the DFL-led Senate by early next week.