Margins are extremely tight in both the Senate and House, and a handful of defections on various bills that form the budget would stall progress. The DFL has a one-seat majority in the Senate, and ...

A proposal eliminating unemployment benefits for school employees like bus drivers is likely to die off, opening the path for the K-12 education budget to advance.

By Peter Cox It might be all over but the shouting on a budget agreement between legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz at ...

Congressional committees overseeing Medicaid and food stamps took up legislation this week to cut the federal government’s ...

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature announced a hard-fought budget deal Thursday, ...

Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders announce a budget deal, triggering DFL protests over undocumented care cuts and looming ...

The legislative session ends on Monday and lawmakers prepared to finalize state spending plans after reaching an agreement on ...

Legislative leaders in a divided state capitol on Thursday announced a roughly $66 billion budget framework to fund the ...

Russia and Ukraine are due to hold their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations, but officials and observers expect them to yield ...

NJ Transit riders are facing the first morning commute without train service after engineers went on strike overnight​.