Minnesota's Budget Surplus Balloons To $9.25 Billion
The updated forecast was $1.5 billion more than the whopping $7.7 billion surplus that Minnesota Management and Budget projected in December for the current two-year budget period.
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The updated forecast was $1.5 billion more than the whopping $7.7 billion surplus that Minnesota Management and Budget projected in December for the current two-year budget period.
The Minneapolis Police Department's use of no-knock search warrants has come under heavy scrutiny since an officer killed Amir Locke during a SWAT raid in early February.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill bowed their heads Monday evening in honor of a Minnesota congressman.
Every single one of Minnesota's neighboring states has sports gambling and this could be the year Minnesota approves it, too.
Throughout downtown, several buildings -- like Target Field, U.S. Bank Stadium, the Capella Tower, Target Building and more -- shined yellow and blue Friday night.
A new plan at the Capitol would suspend the state's 28.5 cent gas tax between Memorial and Labor Day.
Watching a war unfold through a screen is a surreal experience in 2022. It's especially tough when you have family trapped there and waiting.
As Russian troops surround the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, people around the world are watching with interest and concern. Among them is a professor at St. John's University who spent time in Russia and the former Soviet Union.
Minnesota Senate Republicans on Thursday announced a tax cut proposal that would cost more than $8.5 billion over the next three years, which they say would make it the largest in the state's history.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Superior, Wisconsin, next week.
Russian forces have launched attacks on Ukranian bases and cities. Along with the explosions in multiple cities, Ukraine's government says Russian tanks and troops have rolled across the border.
Under current Wisconsin law, the severity of a shoplifting offense varies from a misdemeanor to a felony depending on the value of the merchandise stolen. Punishments vary from nine months to 10 years behind bars.
Republicans argue the fast-tracked bills are in response to deficiencies identified by a nonpartisan audit and a review by a conservative group. But the proposals go far beyond those recommendations and would fundamentally change how votes are cast and elections are run in the battleground state.
Minneapolis and St. Paul have lifted their mask mandates, effective immediately, the mayors of both cities announced Thursday.
A Minnesota House committee on Wednesday considered three bills that would ban a family of chemicals known as PFAS, sometimes called "forever chemicals" because they persist in the environment, from cosmetics, cookware and ski wax.
